Anthony Barr may have been the best player on the field for Sunday’s contest between the Atlanta Falcons and Minnesota Vikings. He made some huge plays, including breaking up a long pass and causing two fumbles. The highly athletic player did have one statistic that we didn’t know about during the game though.
He is playing with a broken left hand.
Seriously. Eight tackles (seven of those solo), two forced fumbles, one sack, and one pass defense. All playing through the pain of a broken hand.
Here is a tweet from Chris Tomasson of the Pioneer Press discussing when the hand was injured:
Anthony Barr has played since breaking his left hand nov 8 but says it's all better now
— Chris Tomasson (@christomasson) November 30, 2015
Despite that great effort working through an injury, Barr still didn’t feel like he did a great job.