LB for the Miami Dolphins Andrew Van Ginkel breaks his nose in the win over the Jets, but he will not miss any time

Earlier this year, while writing about Las Vegas Raiders linebacker Robert Spillane, who at the time was making headlines for not missing any time after breaking his hand during a game, I came to the conclusion that I’m simply not physically, emotionally, mentally, or anatomically equipped to handle the rigors of the NFL. In fact, I wonder whether or not I’m even the same species as some of the guys who play in the NFL. Have you ever seen Aaron Donald with his shirt off? He looks like he’s chiseled from granite. He makes Greek sculptures self-conscious about their bodies. I just look like a large pile of mashed potatoes that someone got a haircut

Seriously, as we speak, I’m nursing a sinus infection that started as strep throat, and I’m barely hanging on. I’m literally lying down on my couch typing this. And yet, you have someone like Miami Dolphins linebacker Andrew Van Ginkel out there playing through an injury that would have 90 percent of dudes who watch football all day every Sunday on the ground in a heap, sobbing, bleeding and snotting all over themselves.