Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert suffered an injury to his left middle finger during his team’s win over the Raiders on Sunday that required a splint, but he had some fun when talking to reporters after the win. Evidently, the signal-caller is a Monty Python fan.
“It’s but a scratch; just a flesh wound,” Herbert said. “[It] just got stuck in a helmet.”
For those unfamiliar, Monty Python was a British comedy troupe, and Herbert is quoting the popular 1975 comedy film Monty Python and the Holy Grail. Specifically, he’s citing a scene where a knight’s arm is cut off. Unfazed, the knight simply says “tis but a scratch” before continuing the fight. After losing his other arm, he forges on and says it’s “just a flesh wound.”
