Steelers running back Benny Snell was forced out of Sunday Night Football against Seattle after a gruesome arm injury made for a hard-to-watch scene.
The Pittsburgh Steelers already saw one injury to an offensive player last week with JuJu Smith-Schuster suffering a season-ending ailment. Now, running back Benny Snell had to come out of Sunday Night Football in Week 6.
Playing on special teams in punt coverage, Snell flew down the field to help make a nice play to stifle any chance of a good Seattle return. He succeeded, but at a cost.
Snell came up from trying to make the play holding his arm. And as the camera caught a clearer picture of him, it was clear that something was majorly wrong as the arm was just dangling and very much not in a normal or right shape.
Benny Snell arm injury is extremely tough to watch, Steelers fan or not
If you’re at all squeamish, I implore you to not watch video of the injury:
Benny Snell’s forearm looked like it got wrapped around an invisible tree going 80mph pic.twitter.com/AqjT3rPHVT
— Danuel (@SKRONGman) October 18, 2021
Snell isn’t the starting running back for the Steelers but he is a key special teams contributor and a depth piece in the backfield. Judging by that video, he won’t be returning to Sunday Night Football.
We’ll have to wait on the official word regarding the injury but our eyes can tell us enough to say that the prognosis likely won’t be good.