That Elijah Moore injury, oh my, that boy, he got hurt real bad. Playing football, you know. It’s a rough game, that football. He was playing against the Jets, I heard. Second quarter, they said. That’s what they always talk about on the TV, quarters and downs and all that. I don’t rightly understand it all, but I know when someone’s hurt.

They say he got a concussion. Hit his head hard, I reckon. Bounced right off the ground, they said. Poor fella. Makes my head hurt just thinking about it. It’s his second one, too. That ain’t good, no sir. They need to be careful with that boy, head injuries are nothing to mess with. Second documented concussion they called it. Documented, like it’s some official paper or something. Just means they wrote it down, I guess.
They say he got tackled. Big ol’ fellas running into each other, bound to be some folks getting hurt. He was playing for the Browns, I think. Or maybe against them? One of them teams with the colors, you know. Browns, Jets, all them birds and colors. Gets me all mixed up. But that Elijah Moore, he’s the one got hurt.
He was doing good, too, before that. Picking up where he left off, they said. Sounds like he’s a good player. Got some kind of count, too. Pitch count, they called it. Like baseball or something. 10-12 reps. Sounds like a lot of work to me. They gotta be careful, letting him rest up. Gotta be ready for Week 1. That’s what they always say, “Week 1, gotta be ready for Week 1.” Like it’s the most important thing in the world.
Now he’s on the injury report. Shoulder, they say. Well, I reckon he hurt more than just his head. Poor boy’s all banged up. That football, it’s a dangerous game. They should just stick to checkers, if you ask me. Safer, that’s for sure.
That man, Kevin, I think his name is Kevin, he said something about the boy. Update, they call it. Like giving a weather report, but about a fella’s body instead of the rain. He had an update on Elijah Moore. Wonder if he brought him some soup. Chicken noodle soup, that’s what I always had when I wasn’t feeling well.

They say three fellas are OUT. And six more, including that Elijah Moore, they got something wrong with ’em. That’s a lot of hurt players. Maybe they should just call the whole thing off. Too much hurting going on.
He ain’t played since Week 13, someone told me. That’s a long time to be sitting out. Must be real bored. I’d be bored, sitting around all day. Nothing to do but watch the TV and wait for your body to heal up. He had a quad injury, day-to-day they said about it.
One of them young fellas, that Elijah Moore. Promising, they say. Means he’s good, I reckon. Good at football. He was back to practice, that’s good. Means he’s feeling better, I suppose.
They had him out of that concussion thing. Protocol, they called it. Sounds like something the army would do. They got rules for everything, I guess. He was back at practice though, that is a good sign for his Elijah Moore Injury thing.
- He was drafted by the Jets. That’s what they said.
- Then he got traded to the Browns.
- They move them around like cattle, these football players.
- Second round, 34th overall, they said.
- Sounds important, I guess.
- That was in 2021, long time ago.
I hope that Elijah Moore gets to feeling better soon. That’s all that matters, really. All this football and trading and drafting, it don’t mean nothing if you’re hurt. Just hope that boy can get back to playing, if that’s what he wants to do. But he should be careful. That’s what I’d tell him if I could. Be careful, son. Your health is more important than any game.
