it's a slight fracture that has HEALED. like i said, if it were bearable pain, I would opt for a pain shot.
just my opinion. although, i'm guessing mr. haden shares my opinion.
Joe Haden was all smiles after practice today and for good reason. For the first time since fracturing his fibula against the Colts on Nov. 12, Haden was back on the practice field, even if it was in a limited role.
“It’s getting there,” said Haden. “I was limited a little bit in practice. It was more of a hat day, walk-thru. I’ll be able to tell a bit more tomorrow. Being able to get cleared to be out at practice, be with the guys. It was special.”
“I think it was good I went out there on Monday and Tuesday and did those things. It was like is it going to hurt? It was a little bit of a mental thing, but I got that out the way. Now I want to be able to cover somebody, be able to run, stop, react and see how my leg feels.”
“We’ll probably have a couple of practices, Thursday and Friday, and see how it feels the next day,” said Haden. “We are going about it that way, to see how it feels.