http://www.nba.com/news/features/steve_aschburner/top-nba-finals-moments-michael-jordan-flu-game-in-game-5-chicago-bulls-utah-jazz-1997-finals/ Aaron is the MJ of the NFL, right? Playing NBA basketball takes much better conditioning than playing QB. MJ did it swimmingly and so will our MJ. Nothing to fear. F.alse E.vidence A.ppearing R.eal.
---I wish I could find what I was looking for in reference to a Jets QB who was a backup thrust into action leading his Jets to victory, in a playoff game, while sick as a dog. I think it was something to do with Richard Todd and Ken O'Brien. He commented that it made it easier to play being sick. I really wish I could find something but this was a long long time ago.
Illness is nothing to worry about. The Crosby worry is ridiculous. He's a kicker. The guy could kick with just about any malady known to man and be just fine.
It sounds like to me this is a 24 or 48 hour flu based on Jordy and Mason "had" it which is past tense.
EDIT: In my searching for the Jets story I found this:
Ken O'Brien wasn't feeling well, but he made the Seattle Seahawks look sick.
O'Brien passed for 431 yards and 4 touchdowns Sunday to lead the New York Jets to their seventh straight victory, a 38-7 rout at the Kingdome.
"I haven't been feeling well," O'Brien said. "It's the flu.If Ken O'Brien could throw for over 400 yards and 4 TD's back in the 80's, Aaron can do the same while having the flu on Sunday.
Here's a headline from Bleacher Report... Remember this?
The Houston Texans lost to a 40-year-old quarterback with the flu---Our very own Matt Hasselbeck
Ted Thompson sits on his hands per former GM: "because they’ve had 25 fricking years of great quarterbacks. Of course it works. Try it without a special quarterback."