23 aug 2012

marc mariani, one of my favourite titans, was injured tonight in the final preseason game of 2012. i am not sure the video's on google yet, but it will be. in the meantime, here's what happened: in the process of brilliantly returning a punt, marc was tackled, and in the process of that tackle, his leg was caught awkwardly and... it broke. it was one of those stomach-turning scenes - you can see the leg bend and then bend too far and then there's this view of his leg sticking up in the air and either he has go-go-gadget legs, or there are too many bends in that limb. yikes! yikes! what is his foot doing pointing that way??



it will be a long recovery for marc. he's young and will have the best of care, but still, that is just not the sort of thing that heals quickly. during the course of tonight's game, a young man trotted onto the field for the cardinals and chris berman said - that young man is playing his first game since last year when, as a rookie, he sustained a season-ending knee injury in the final preseason game. looks like next year at this time, that young man will be marc.