MIA QB Josh McCown Gashes Throwing Hand Index Finger with Chain Saw
QB Josh McCown was doing chores on his property in Jacksonville, Texas with his brother Luke when some bad luck rolled Josh’s way. The pair were clearing some brush when “I was holding down a little piece of a tree trunk and my little brother, Luke, had the chainsaw. He hit a knob and the chainsaw jumped.”
A split second later, Josh had a chunk of his index finger missing as the chain saw chewed into his hand. The injured QB was rushed to the hospital and received 6 stitches to close the wound, but it appears that the McCowns were fortunate in that no serious damage was done to Josh’s hand. “I clenched my fist to make sure the tendon was working. I walked out of the emergency room and got a football out of the trunk and fired a few passes to Luke, and knew I could’ve played that day. My daddy would say, ‘Let’s get it sewn up and go to work.’”
Josh McCown has since decided that he will refrain from operating chain saws in the future - at least, until his days playing in the NFL are over.
Dolphins’ teams doctors will inspect the wound and supervise McCown’s recovery - he is not expected to miss any time in training camp due to the accident. Hopefully, McCown will not suffer a setback due to infection (chain saw cuts are notorious for having complications due to the jagged wounds they cause and because foreign matter gets incorporated into the wound - dirt, chips of bark/splinters of wood, and etc.).
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