The NFL professional remains motionless for more than ten minutes
The helmet still on: Darell Taylor is being carried off the pitch
Source: AFP / Joe Sargent
Et is the final quarter of the NFL game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Seattle Seahawks. At 17:17 Najee Harris, running back of the hosts, tries to carry the ball over the center line. There is a clash in a violent scramble. Darrell Taylor’s head gets caught between two bodies, his neck is dented.
The Seahawks’ professional then remains motionless on the field. He receives first medical care. For more than ten minutes, the players on both teams worried about Taylor, forming a circle around the linebacker. Then he is taken from the field on a stretcher and taken to Pittburgh University Hospital.
According to initial reports, Taylor was able to move all extremities and talk to his teammates, the first tests and examinations in the hospital were positive, said coach Pete Carroll. “He was angry that he had to leave the field like this. He wanted to get up, ”Carroll added. Of course, the paramedics wouldn’t let that happen.
“I pray that Taylor is okay”
Taylor was drafted by the Seahawks in the second round last year but missed his rookie season with a leg injury. Now he will probably be absent from his team for a longer period of time. Without him, the Steelers won the hard-fought duel only in extra time with 23:20.
Ryan Shazier spoke up on social media. “I pray Taylor is okay,” he wrote. The former linebacker of the Steelers suffered a severe spinal cord injury with paralysis below the hip in 2017 after a failed tackle in the game against the Cincinnati Bengals. He can now walk again, but he no longer played a football game. Shazier officially ended his career in 2020.
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