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Twitter NFL Doctor Tries To Argue With Father Of Packers WR Christian Watson Over Injury

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Famous NFL Twitter doctor Jesse Morse was forced to tuck tail and apologize after he tried to start an argument with the father of Green Bay Packers wide receiver Christian Watson over the extent of Watson’s recent ankle injury.

Watson was carted off the field during Green Bay‘s 31-29 loss to the Minnesota Vikings on Sept. 29. He could well return to the field this week against the Arizona Cardinals.

Morse, who diagnosed Watson with a high ankle sprain without ever personally physically evaluating the player, expressed his surprise at the quick turnaround.

But Watson’s father, Tazim Wajid Wajed, quickly corrected him and said that his son did not suffer a high ankle sprain.

Morse, who, again, did not actually evaluate Watson shot back at his father.

“I watched the video, yes, it was,” he wrote.

Which led to Wajed asking the most logical next question.

“So you think watching a video precludes the actual MRI and the doctors reading it,” he replied.

Morse, in a since-deleted tweet, then decided to get up on his high horse.

“‘Tazim’ I’ve been doing this since 2017. I’m very good at what I do, with about an 85% to 90% accuracy just based off video. I know every single QB, RB, WR, TE’s injury history. I’m confident in my abilities. Take care.”

Never mind the casual racism of putting Watson’s father’s name in quotes, but Morse just generally came off as a huge a——.

Wajed responded as tastefully as he could.

“Well if you want to keep on spreading misinformation IN THIS CASE, based upon your 85-90% accuracy on ‘video diagnosis’ then have at it,” he wrote. “I’m telling you he had a medial sprain, NOT a high ankle sprain. That diagnosis didn’t come from watching a video. It literally came from the doctors who examined him and read x-rays and MRI’s, then preceded to treat him. I’m done… Do with it what you will!”

At this point, you would think Morse would apologize. But he did not. Instead, he corrected himself and blamed Watson’s father for not identifying himself.

Do these social media doctors know more than the average person? Sure. Can you take a good guess at a diagnosis based on a video of an injury? Yes, you can.

But ultimately, they don’t meet with the player. They don’t physically evaluate them and they are, above all, still just guessing.

This time, Morse finally got put in his place by someone with more knowledge of the situation than himself.