If Ken Whisenhunt were a doctor, I wouldn’t want anything to do with him giving me injury updates on a family member.

“Good news Mr. Stalter, your mother is going to be just fine. It’s just a bruise.”

“Oh, thank God Dr. Whisenhunt – that is good news.”

“Yep, and in about two weeks I’ll inform you that I had to do surgery on her.”

“Wait, what?”

“All right, you take care now.”

According to a report by the Arizona Republic, running back Beanie Wells underwent surgery earlier this month to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee – the same right knee injury that Whisenhunt called a “bruise” three weeks ago. Wells is expected to make his season debut against the Raiders on Sunday, but clearly the knee injury that he suffered in the final preseason game was more serious than originally thought.

Of course, it’s nothing new for a head coach to mislead the media about a player’s injury status. I’m not sure why Whisenhunt wouldn’t just come out and say that Wells would need minor surgery and that he’d be back in two weeks, but I’m sure he had his reasons.

That said, it’ll be interesting to see how many carries Wells receives on Sunday and this news certainly changes things for the Cardinals. If he had suffered a bruise like Whisenhunt had earlier claimed, then one could expect Wells would get a fair amount of touches in the offense. But seeing as how he’s only a couple of weeks removed from surgery, chances are Beanie could be limited against the Raiders.

I’m sure Beanie Wells fantasy owners are feeling real good about now.

“All right, you take care now.”