NFL has nothing better to do than mistake an iPad Glove for an injury
While carrying an iPad, Cincinnati Bengals' player Joe Burrow wore a tablet glove before a game, then injured his wrist during it -- and now crack NFL investigators are looking for a molehill.
Joe Burrow and (inset) the video showing a mysterious device aka an iPad glove
It's "CSI: NFL" as social media footage of Burrow wearing something on his wrist has been slowed down, highlighted, possibly deleted, and maybe then recovered. It's all very suspicious, until you see the footage and without ever having heard of tablet gloves, immediately know that he's wearing an tablet glove.
Tablet gloves exist, still, believe it or not. Originally intended as a primitive form of palm rejection, a modern tablet glove fits over the hand and just keeps smudges down on an iPad, but otherwise doesn't get in your way. You haven't got one, it's not going on your Christmas list, but artists -- and seemingly the Bengals star quarterback Joe Burrow -- like them.
: The NFL will investigate why the #Bengals didn't have QB Joe Burrow listed on their injury report prior to the #Ravens game, per @AdamSchefter
Burrow was seen on a team social media post with something on his wrist, which they deleted..pic.twitter.com/Lg6oifZwYj https://t.co/3OFeZIvUSk-- Dov Kleiman (@NFL_DovKleiman)
Presumably after watching the social media video, the NFL is not wondering who invented such a thing as iPad gloves, they're focusing on the real issue here. Which is apparently that the Bengals did not list Burrow on their injury report before the game.
In the NFL's defence, the Bengals presumably did not list him because he wasn't injured before the game -- but then he did get injured during it. And that injury was to the same wrist.
It's practically a conspiracy.
One of a hundred different iPad gloves, this one costs ten bucks on Amazon
"It looked like he sprained his [right] wrist," Bengals coach Zach Taylor said to The Guardian newspaper. "Fell on it early in the game and then felt it on the touchdown pass."
Burrow left the game in the second quarter, and the Bengals are now bottom of the division after losing to the Ravens 34-20.
The way the NFL tells it, at least according to ESPN Senior NFL Insider Adam Schefter on Twitter/X, is that Burrow seemed to be wearing "a device that looked like a soft cast on his thumb" before the game. And anyway, the Bengals deleted that photo of him later, so it's got to be serious.
It actually could be. Despite the glove clearly not being a splint, the NFL is reportedly regarding this as a matter of compliance with the sport's Injury Report policy. Teams failing to abide by that can be fined -- or even lose a draft pick.
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I wouldn't expect a UK-based writer to know this, but c'mon. This is clickbait.
The video is of JB presumably walking into the stadium.
On the field, MS Surfaces are used for play imagery, in thick blue cases. This is required from the MS contract. This is off the field, where the players are allowed to use and wear whatever they want.
They started with Wacom tablets back in the day, and still ship with some. iPad has good palm rejection, but some artist folks including our own tablet reviewer and artist-in-residence Brian Patterson still like to wear one from time to time.
This is addressed (some) in the text.
Dov Kleiman
Compression gloves are a thing. Doesn't really do anything for these guys though. There like twentysomethings at the peak of physical condition, not oldies with bad hearts.