Russell Wilson first injured his calf on July 24, the day before training camp began. After multiple weeks of the Pittsburgh Steelers easing him back into practice, Wilson seemed good to go by the second preseason game in which he played five drives. But just three days before the regular-season opener, Wilson experienced tightness in his calf that ended up holding him out of the game.
That was 43 days between the initial injury and the aggravation of it, and that included a good amount of time that the Steelers held him out of practice. He had ample time and rest to recover, and it still flared up as an issue six weeks later.