Jason Taylor Could Have Lost His Leg

We learned this week that Jason Taylor will miss his first game in almost a decade after having to have a pooling of blood in his calf. I was pretty irritated considering to me that sounded like a bruise. So imagine my surprise when I was watching First Take this morning and they had their Dr on to discuss the recent injuries and when they got to Taylor's calf injury he informed the world that not only could it have him out 4-6 weeks but had he waited to get it drained any longer he could have lost his leg.

Apparently the calf muscle is made up of compartments contained by a lining. And in rare cases like Taylor had the swelling expands as far as the lining will allow so blood cannot reach the muscles which results in the death of the nerves and muscle and possibly has to be removed entirely.

I wonder if he could have played with a peg leg like the chick in the picture.