Steelers LB Ryan Shazier potentially paralyzed
 

On a hit during their MNF game against Cincinnati.

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">After a scary scene that had him laying motionless and carried off on a stretcher, <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/Steelers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#Steelers</a> LB Ryan Shazier is being evaluated for a back injury. He has left Paul Brown Stadium via ambulance, but his status is unavailable.</p>&mdash; Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href="https://twitter.com/RapSheet/status/937862181898588165?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 5, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

Ugh. Looked bad on the TV.

Money isn’t worth the injury or long term health problems.

Looked like - hopefully it’s temp. He never moved his legs after going head first

There’s pros and cons

****ing $tealer$ down 10-0. I need them to win tonight to win the pool.

Figures the one night I'm rooting for the one who sucks the peniss they shit themselves. 4321

Very sad if it comes out as bad as it looked.

Kids, don't tackle head first.

They're getting blown out tonight, odds are they checked out mentally after the injury.

https://www.clippituser.tv/c/dwdpxq

Poor guy. You can see his realization.

Damn, that's awful.

Scary shit

I think they just personally hate me, and want to cost me money.

Prayers his way

I'd do it.

When I was 25 I got tendinitis in my patellar tendon so I had to go to the doctor to see a sports medicine guy. She put her hands on my knees and said, "oh my gosh! You have arthritis! You're too young for that!"

That's a long way from paralyzed, but all the ****ing whining those guys do about waking up in pain and shit I already have, so I'd take the money and buy myself a combine.

hard to watch

He wasn't remotely close to being motionless. He was wiggling around and grabbing his back with his arms.

Looked like a bad stinger to me.

His legs did not move at any point in the video. I'm fearing the worst

Did he get the JJ watt WWE play by play and helicopter following the ambulance?

I know it's completely irrelevant to the situation in terms of magnitude, but this effectively ends the Steelers' chances of a Super Bowl. He was as valuable as anyone not named Ben, Brown, or Bell.

his foot did a few times, both feet, actually.

could have just been from his roll - Regardless - best wishes his way.

Pretty much did everything you shouldn't do when hitting somebody.


It's bad luck.

You can get paralyzed while riding in a car.

All it takes is one drunk driver

The leg just flops over when he rolls.

TBH, they weren't winning it anyway

Brady owns them

What about the long term effects?

CTE, bad knees, bad back, etc etc

I wouldn’t allow my kids to play. It’s not worth all the problems.

He's a Squeeler. Will be fine.

If I recall, that dude leads with his head all the time.

I don’t mean to sound harsh, but he does that A LOT.

It wasn’t bad luck as much it was inevitable.

It's hard to tell if they were moving or just flopping, but I too thought they looked like they both moved.

Good luck to the guy. It's just a game.

Yep.

Millions of people have life long issues from car wrecks. That is nothing new.

Yeah. Definitely. Lots of people have F'ed up backs from car wrecks. My knees are shit anyway.

I don't know if it's enough to get CTE, but I got hit by a semi my freshman year of college and while my belt was on, my head hit the post for the door and I definitely had a concussion. I was too dumb to realize it then, but I do now.

You figured they would run screaming for the hills if he had movement in all his extremities. Instead they have no further comment. Looks like the worst, but I don't know much about back injuries. Hope he can get back to 100%.

Some people don't care to live a real long time if it allows them to be a high profile football player

Of course when they're 55 they may regret it, but 22 year olds aren't broken down 55 year olds yet

And yes, car accidents can cause paralysis. And unlike the modern NFL, death

That's the risk that happens when you are a cheap shoter. Hope he's ok though..

It's possible he may be able to move his legs someone in the future (think months, years) but right now it looks pretty bad.

His career is likely over

Maybe so, but he was extremely valuable to their defense. Fastest LB in the league, he could run sideline to sideline with ease and was fantastic in coverage. If they did have any chance, he was going to be a huge part of the solution.

There’s also fame, high profile connections, free high level education, millions of dollars to set up your family. People play football because they are assholes and love physical play. I’ve read where you get arguably just as much injuries in soccer well as far as concussions go I believe. All physical sports are risky on their own right.

This is exactly why players are trying to get paid after 3 years in the league. People bitched at OBJ about it but this shit can happen at any time.

No comment.

Looks like he straightens his left leg out at one point after rolling over.

I'll remain optimistic for his future health. I ****ing hate the Steelers but this dude has alopecia IIRC. He's already had a rough go of life.

Also, this sort of thing happens frequently but I feel like it almost never turns out as bad as it could. I think the last nasty back injury I saw tha actually lead to something serious was that little Bears WR. Johnny Knox, I think. Good Lord, the way his back bent was unnatural. I think he walks with a permanent limp now.

You CAN be paralyzed from the waist down you know?

Now Joe Mixion is hurt.. looks like he is out...

Rough game tonight. Another injury time out as I type.

Looking forward to hearing Shazier doesn't have some life-altering injury. Geez.

Well, only the lower half of his body. How important are legs really, anyway?
No biggie.
Brainless Marcellus, everyone...

Very rare for NFL players to get this terrible injury. I can think of two defensive linemen from the 90s (Lions and Jets), and of course Daryl Stingley

The Bills had it happen to one of their players (Kevin Everett) about 12 years ago but he recovered and can walk

Man, pray he’s ok.

Whew... he's ok....some scary hits tonight..

It looked like Colbert was telling Tomlin that Shazier had no feeling in his legs and he just got transported to a level one trauma center.

Example 1 why you don't lead with your head.

I hope the paralysis is temporary and he has a full recovery.

Level 1 trauma center. ****, man.

Prayers to him and his family...

I hate the squealers but I certainly don't want this to be the case. I prayed for the brother.

huh?

Mixon?

yeah I guess. He may've wanted to clarify, given the situation - not everyone is watching right now - continued prayers.

No shit?

You said he was wiggling around.

I guess I missed his legs moving?

Fun fact: NFL players can get work comp benefits.

Come to think of it they are on the clubs mailing list. :D

He moves his left foot as soon as he rolls on his back.

I'm just giving my opinion on what I saw like everyone else.

Only reason I knew that is because Kroenke was such a scumbag he tried to force the workmans comp benefits to stay in Missouri even after moving to LA. We have some of the shittiest workmans comp in the country.

Sorry guys I meant Mixon who took a big hit.... I hope Shazier is ok too..

Guess I'll use this as the PIT/CIN gamethread.

That Steelers defense doesn't look so rough now. Alex Smith just needs a fourth crack at 'em!

All they do is Chuck it deep to Brown and draw bogus flags. Joke of a league.

They lost arguably the best player on that Defense and watched him probably paralyze himself. Uh yeah, I can see why they are soft tonight.

https://mobile.twitter.com/LLamorand...926469/video/1

Ryan has no feeling in his lower body but...?

I don't get it

Hopefully feeling returns but I just watched it and he had that confused reaction that you see in people who have injuries and become paralyzed. So sad.

Heads up! That is all that is taught from pee-wee through HS... Mandatory training.

Hopefully its just compressed and he can walk in the future... Going to be tough to ever play again probably...

Prayers, hate to see it, even if Steelers...

Lipreading what the GM said.

He never moved below the waist after the hit.

Except lead with his facemask or shoulder instead of the top of the helmet. You teach see what you hit tackling to protect the tackler, more than the ball carrier.

Sad deal on a hit that looked benign.

It was weird when he rolled over on his arm and struggled to get it out from under him

So you would say he did something he shouldn’t do, right?

Probably lost feeling up and down his spine. Hoping feeling returns to his legs too.

well I don't lipread - could you expand on that? Why are you not just saying what you/or whomever is interpreting?

I do have a feeling he'll be okay - I really do. Continued prayers and thoughts.