The exacting wording was, “the x-rays on Turner’s troublesome left ankle were negative, but he sprained it pretty good.”
That’s a little different than the x-rays themselves looking troublesome, as that would almost imply that there was a fracture (that is literally what an x-ray is checking for) but as noted above, it was negative. Let’s go guys, words matter....
well I am not a doctor but I have had a lot of ex rays so I'm guessing that after he went down they gave him an X-ray fearing it was a grade 3 ankle sprain which is a full separation of the ligament, but I'm guessing it wasn't that bad but he still sprained his ankle which according to google is about 2-4 weeks. I would check espn for more info and maybe fantasypros or rotowire but I understand the frustration with the unclear deduction.
I’m certainly no doctor either, but as far as I know regarding diagnostic testing, x-rays specifically are used to see or rule out fractures. Sprains, strains, etc are revealed on a subsequent MRI. There’s not as much grey area in an x-ray, you either broke something or you didn’t (understanding there are a few other things unmentioned here that an x-ray can reveal related to bone damage). Saying an x-ray looked troublesome, is a weird grey area-ish answer, which, when looked more closely on what was actually said, could make hoop-ball readers confusingly interpret that as him having broke his ankle. The headline literally said it was negative and that wasn’t even mentioned
