According Aditi (top Steelers reporter) he is being taken to the hospital but has been pointing to his hip. It is possible he shattered that, although his movements did not seem to indicate that at all.
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Cville-Raven
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The official reports are saying it’s a back injury which is what it looked like.
To be fair yes the injury hurts them but you have to factor the emotions the Steelers feel right now. It was announced he was taken to the hospital, imagine standing on a field and being forced to continue to play as you hear a yell your close friend and team leader was carted off to the hospital.
Ellicottraven
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It really sucks for Shazier though.... He was pointing at his lower back it seems like and the commentator said he wasn't moving his legs. I can only hope it isn't a career ending injury. Can't see any NFL player egregiously injured.
Apologizes, the tweet said waist, which could range anywhere around him where I assumed just the hip. Yea it'd be baffled if it wasn't a broken or shifted disk to be honest.
Who else is feeling Zach Orr sorrow right now 
JO_75
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Who else is feeling Zach Orr sorrow right now
That's exactly what I was thinking, Shazier is going to have to retire like Orr did in the offseason.
Ellicottraven
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If the Bengals beat the Steelers in this game (likely), then the Steelers are going to be hyped for next week against us. Hopefully the loss of Shazier doesn't inspire them to play flawless football against us. But, no matter how sucky I feel about our team generally speaking, I am always of the belief that we're better than the Steelers and can beat them no matter what. Right now I don't feel sucky about our team at all. In fact I feel good. So, I believe after next week we'll be 1 game behind the Steelers.
it sounds like he was pointing at his hip as he went into the ambulance - either way that's not a great sign because that injury has come from a force applied to his head and has rippled a pretty decent length down his body
im really worried about this injury
he rolled over by himself before anyone stopped him from doing so - he seemed to have full use of his arms so he may have levered himself over although you are right that it is promising that he was able to end up manoeuvring himself flat on his back in the first place
either way this kind of injury is one we were always taught about avoiding when playing rugby when we were younger and it was almost always through bad tackle technique (or front row collapsing in a scrum but that's not an applicable circumstance for the nfl) and either getting your head on the wrong side of the hip or straight on to the hip
at this point im hoping its a good prognosis whatever it is and that he can live a healthy life but those sorts of scenes have to make you wonder about his career (especially given his injury history already and then this one on top of all that) even if the prognosis suggests he can return
@rossihunter2 you're right. In addition, he is done with his contract. He has the 1 extra because of the option, but regardless that is easy to opt out of. He has already missed 1/4 of his career with many various injuries, and this could be it. He could pull a Jason Worlds
carlos dunlap just pulverised big ben on an inside rush
i have to think our best chance next week is for willie henry to have a big game
i have to think our best chance next week is for willie henry to have a big game
it could end up being a combination of concussion risks and a (hopefully only) near career ending injury might make him reconsider his career a bit like chris borland
It really does scare me to see the Steelers doing so awful.. It makes me think they are more likely to torch us
Cville-Raven
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I’m also blitzing Mosley pretty reguarly.
Yea I agree it is a very logical option in this generation. I wouldn't blame him, he is still a smart young man with a full life ahead of him. Even if he does come back it is injuries like those that make players never the same.
i was thinking run a load of stunts using bowser (who has looked good doing that) or overload the right side of their oline a little bit given that they seem susceptible up the middle and are also missing their right tackle
well and it would be irksome as well if this injury is as bad as it looks given that his poor and reckless tackle technique is an ingrained part of why he's so good - it's because he's a heatseeking missile from sideline to sideline towards the ball who doesnt slow down to tackle and it always means he's vulnerable to a bad knock like today - it's hard for him to adjust that technique and still be the same player
man i really need the bengals to take mixon off the field - it's really hard to root for them to score when he's a focal point of their offence - i despise everything he represents and yet the ravens need him to do well tonight for the bengals to keep this up and win