{"id":1990,"date":"2024-07-31T22:03:46","date_gmt":"2024-07-31T22:03:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1990"},"modified":"2024-07-31T22:03:46","modified_gmt":"2024-07-31T22:03:46","slug":"video-pittsburgh-steelers-star-wide-receiver-carted-off-field-after-suffering-scary-looking-leg-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/?p=1990","title":{"rendered":"VIDEO: Pittsburgh Steelers Star Wide Receiver Carted Off Field After Suffering Scary-Looking Leg Injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a>\u00a0third-round rookie wide receiver Roman Wilson gave everybody a serious scare after suffering an ankle injury on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-sm-content-width\" data-content-name=\"mai-video-player\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div id=\"pw-med-background\">\n<div id=\"med_rect_atf\" class=\"pw-tag\" data-pw-desk=\"med_rect_atf\" data-pw-mobi=\"med_rect_atf\" data-google-query-id=\"CPfLouSj0ocDFQGwOgUdF5ENLQ\">\n<p>It would appear that Wilson suffered a more serious injury after he had to be carted off the field.<\/p>\n<p>The rookie wideout suffered the injury after getting tackled on a jet sweep and had to be carted back to the team\u2019s facilities.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Prayers up: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Steelers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Steelers<\/a> rookie standout WR Roman Wilson was carted off to the facilities, after apparently getting injured on a jet sweep in practice.<\/p>\n<p>Hopefully it is just something minor \ud83d\ude4f<\/p>\n<p>(\ud83c\udfa5<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheAthletic?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@TheAthletic<\/a>)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/leBiqoRA4T\">pic.twitter.com\/leBiqoRA4T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 MLFootball (@_MLFootball) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/_MLFootball\/status\/1818313064980070532?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was unfortunate we had an injury today, man,\u201d head coach\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/tag\/mike-tomlin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mike Tomlin<\/a>\u00a0told reporters. \u201cRoman hurt his ankle on the tackle, and so we\u2019ll have more information regarding the length of his status in terms of how long he might be out.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"incontent-ad-1\" class=\"pw-incontent\" data-label=\"Advertisement\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"pw-ad-scroll-container\" data-pw-in-article=\"true\">\n<div class=\"pw_report_ad_container\">\n<p>Fortunately, ESPN\u2019s Jeremy Fowler reported that Roman Wilson was being considered week-to-week and is \u201cOK.\u201d<\/p>\n<section class=\"wp-block-group check-this-out has-xs-padding-top has-sm-padding-bottom\" data-content-name=\"Check This Out\" data-track-content=\"\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-8 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex has-xl-margin-bottom\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Steelers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Steelers<\/a> rookie WR Roman Wilson, who has impressed early on in camp, suffered an ankle sprain in practice today, source said. The belief is he\u2019ll be ready to start the season, but expect Wilson to ease back in, as expectations are high for the 3rd round national champ. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/IKjMGlyC8c\">pic.twitter.com\/IKjMGlyC8c<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ian Rapoport (@RapSheet) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RapSheet\/status\/1818420784492167538?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 30, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>The 23-year-old was expected to battle for a significant role in Pittsburgh\u2019s passing game after being a third-round pick out of Michigan.<\/p>\n<p>George Pickens has established himself as the feature wide receiver after Dionte Johnson was traded to the\u00a0<a class=\"mai-link-injected\" href=\"https:\/\/www.totalprosports.com\/nfl\/carolina-panthers\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carolina Panthers<\/a>\u00a0this offseason.<\/p>\n<p>Players like Wilson, Van Jefferson, Scotty Miller, and Calvin Austin III are expected to fight for targets behind him.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"h-roman-wilson-showed-what-he-can-bring-to-the-steelers-during-career-at-michigan\" class=\"wp-block-heading\">Roman Wilson Showed What He Can Bring to The Steelers During Career At Michigan<\/h2>\n<p>Did the Pittsburgh Steelers draft another top-level wide receiver in former Michigan Wolverines standout wideout Roman Wilson?<\/p>\n<p>He certainly showed he could be the man in college.<\/p>\n<p>Wilson led the Wolverines with 789 receiving yards and 12 touchdown catches to earn a second-team All-Big Ten nod in 2023, per\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.sports-reference.com\/cfb\/players\/roman-wilson-1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Sports Reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As a junior in 2022, he caught 25 passes for 376 yards and four touchdowns and rushed for two touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Depending on how long he is out, Roman Wilson should be able to carve out his role on the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0third-round rookie wide receiver Roman Wilson gave everybody a serious scare after suffering an ankle injury on Tuesday. It would appear that Wilson suffered a more serious injury after &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1991,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1990","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1990"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1992,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1990\/revisions\/1992"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/1991"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1990"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1990"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/usdailys.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1990"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}