The injury that ended the season for Cleveland Browns rookie Kellen Winslow might wind up benefiting him in the long run, and that's not my opinion but the opinion of an NFL expert on leg fractures.
Meet Kellen Winslow's father.
Kellen Winslow's rookie season ends on a kickoff gone bad.(Getty Images)
"I broke the same bone," Hall of Fame tight end Kellen Winslow said. "Different leg but the same bone."
It happened during his rookie season with the San Diego Chargers, just as his son's injury happened his rookie season with Cleveland. But there's a difference in the two experiences: Winslow can offer advice to his son that his parents could not.
"The day he got hurt I was at a sports bar in Orlando, and I watched everything but the last (kickoff)," Winslow said of the Cleveland-Dallas game on Sept. 19. "The next thing I know my Mom is on the phone asking me, 'Is K2 OK?' And I said, 'Sure, why shouldn't he be?' And she told me he got hurt on the last (kickoff).
"The day he got hurt I was at a sports bar in Orlando, and I watched everything but the last (kickoff)," Winslow said of the Cleveland-Dallas game on Sept. 19. "The next thing I know my Mom is on the phone asking me, 'Is K2 OK?' And I said, 'Sure, why shouldn't he be?'"
...'Is K2 OK?'
... Yes, in the Winslow household, their son Kellen is referred to routinely as "K2." Jesus Christ.