Did Josh McCown almost chop his finger off?

by Matty I on Jul 15, 2008 9:14 PM EDT in 2012 Miami Dolphins News

I just got a strange e-mail from somebody who prefers I not give his name or e-mail address. In this e-mail, he tells me that on another Dolphins site, he read that somebody claims Josh McCown almost chopped off his finger with a chainsaw.

That's right. Rumor has it that Josh McCown almost chopped off his finger with a chainsaw. So I guess that means he has a bad cut. If it's true, I'm sure the mainstream media will pick up the story shortly.

Also, the e-mailer didn't tell me what site the info is from. So I will try to find the site from which this rumor is coming from so that I can credit them with the news. And if I hear anything else on this, I'll post it. And if any of you do, please do the same.

*UPDATE* The Dolphin site that this info was originally posted on is FinHeaven. Here's a link to the original thread.

*UPDATE #2* It does seem that this incident did indeed happen. A number of sites have picked up the story from the Associated Press, including the El Paso Times. McCown had to get 6 stitches in his right hand (his throwing hand) a few weeks ago after his brother, Luke (a Tampa Bay backup QB) hit Josh's finger with some type of cutting device (ax, chainsaw, regular saw) while cutting firewood. A big thanks goes out to JPenedo for posting these links in the "comments" below.

Oh, and the Palm Beach Post has also picked up the AP story now as well.

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Here Ya Go....

http://www.elpasotimes.com/ci_9891610

At least a little more concrete then a poster on FinHeaven. What I found weird is that this happened “a couple of weeks ago”. How have we not heard of this yet? It probably is no big deal but definitely something alarming no matter if you are rooting for Beck or McClown.

Let this season BE GINN!

by JPenedo on Jul 15, 2008 10:26 PM EDT reply actions

Here are some more links, all the same story though

http://www.ksla.com/Global/story.asp?S=8681523&nav=0RY7
http://www.kltv.com/Global/story.asp?S=8681523
http://www.kdbc.com/Global/story.asp?S=8681523&nav=menu608_4

All just local news sites though.

Let this season BE GINN!

by JPenedo on Jul 15, 2008 10:29 PM EDT up reply actions

rotoworld

has the same story. says it was only 6 stitches

We're talkin' about PRACTICE....practice!

by hotrod43 on Jul 15, 2008 11:20 PM EDT reply actions

guess what

no qb competition anymore!!! weee

lets just go over some possible scenarios:

1. Luke was jealous that his brother might start—> so he chopped his finger with an ax
2. Josh was being a jack ass and played five finger fillet (or however you spell it) but with his brother
3. Josh and his brother made a bet that whoever chops the wood the fastest, the other one has to buy them taco bell….Luke played dirty and chopped at Josh’s finger

any other guesses on what happend?

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by finsxfactor on Jul 15, 2008 11:42 PM EDT reply actions

John Beck hired a very cheap and ineffectibe hitman

Watch out Chad!

by Patssuck456 on Jul 16, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions

ineffective

by Patssuck456 on Jul 16, 2008 12:16 AM EDT up reply actions

lol

another reason why john beck is the man

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by finsxfactor on Jul 16, 2008 12:20 AM EDT up reply actions

to him all is fair in love and qb competitions

guess who payed that texans dude?a

nd guess who told trent “did you know if you ram your head into a texan’s dline man knee…a genie will appear?”

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by finsxfactor on Jul 16, 2008 12:21 AM EDT up reply actions

And he wonders why...

he picked up the nickname ‘McClown’, PMSL :)

Beck and Henne will be laughing all the way to TC.

by ShadyMDUK on Jul 16, 2008 1:25 AM EDT reply actions

My question is....

Who the hell HOLDS the wood that an AXE is being swung at?

And what the hell are two NFL QBs doing cutting wood? They aren’t super-high paid superstars, but they still make enough to not have to cut wood, jeez.

Some people try to find things in this game that don't exist but football is only two things - blocking and tackling. ~Vince Lombardi

by ratenxs on Jul 16, 2008 11:02 AM EDT reply actions

An even better question is

Who the hell chops wood in the middle of July, and in Texas?
Its not even close to freezing over there

by Patssuck456 on Jul 16, 2008 12:09 PM EDT up reply actions

lol

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by finsxfactor on Jul 16, 2008 12:58 PM EDT up reply actions

Well there it goes

I guess after the dan marino left the dolphins he put a spell on ous.Cuz are qb problems are never gonna get fixed thats just so crazy and i always thought it was cuz are offensive didnt block i guess that wasnt toally the problem for us.Watch whats gonna happen john bech is also gonna get hurt and were gonna end up starten the rookie qb and hes gonna do a average job for us….........

by lionel on Jul 16, 2008 11:54 AM EDT reply actions