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Monday Morning Hangover: Scary, Sad, Season-Changing Week 8 Injuries

November 2, 2015   ·     ·   Jump to comments

There were too many circles of kneeling teammates on Sunday, too many carts driving onto the field to fetch fallen players. There were too many seasons apparently ended, careers possibly cut short, moments when we wondered if the player would be OK before we could even worry about whether the team would be OK. 
We saw Ricardo Lockette offer a thumbs-up from a stretcher after lying motionless on the field for too long Sunday. We saw Steve Smith writhe on the field after crumpling to the ground with a foot injury and then get helped off the field on one leg with a towel draped over his face. We saw Le'Veon Bell carted off the field before the Pittsburgh Steelers even had enough time to enjoy Ben Roethlisberger's return.
There were terrifying injuries, disheartening injuries, season-altering injuries and even a few injuries that started as comic pratfalls but turned out to be truly serious.
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