Pittsburgh Steelers WR Chase Claypool Being Evaluated After Suffering Apparent Injury During Practice
By: KDKA-TV News Staff
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- Steelers wide receiver Chase Claypool was helped off the field during Tuesday's practice.
Claypool on the ground for a little bit… now being helped off the field by Roethlisberger and Ebron @KDKA
— Rich Walsh KDKA (@RichieWalsh) August 17, 2021
KDKA's Rich Walsh reports Claypool went to the ground before being helped off by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger and tight end Eric Ebron.
ESPN's Brooke Pryor tweeted that it "looks lower body," and the second-year player did not put any weight on the apparent injury.
Chase Claypool went down at the end of practice, looks lower body. Ben Roethlisberger and Eric Ebron helped him over to the sideline so he wasn't putting any weight on the injury. Tough angle to see what happened.
— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) August 17, 2021
After practice, head coach Mike Tomlin said Claypool is being evaluated.
Claypool being evaluated @KDKA
— Rich Walsh KDKA (@RichieWalsh) August 17, 2021
NFL Network's Mike Garafolo reports Claypool "did not suffer a significant injury in practice today, sources say. Major sigh of relief for Pittsburgh. We'll see what the resulting diagnosis is but definite relief after how it looked."
#Steelers WR Chase Claypool did not suffer a significant injury in practice today, sources say. Major sigh of relief for Pittsburgh. We'll see what the resulting diagnosis is but definite relief after how it looked.
— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) August 17, 2021
ESPN's Jeremy Fowler reports that the injury is "considered minor."
"Source said Steelers WR Chase Claypool should be fine, what he suffered in practice considered minor. Claypool went down in practice and was helped off."
Source said Steelers WR Chase Claypool should be fine, what he suffered in practice considered minor. Claypool went down in practice and was helped off.
— Jeremy Fowler (@JFowlerESPN) August 17, 2021
Hours after practice, Claypool took to Twitter.
"All is well," he tweeted.
All is well.
— Chase Claypool (@ChaseClaypool) August 17, 2021