Something about Willis McGahee getting injured in big games and Ryan Clark delivering big hits. We knew going into the game at Heinz Field that this AFC Championship Game would be a hard-hitting battle, and it proved to be one. In fact, with under four minutes left in the game and the Steelers up by two scores, the hitting was still just as strong as it was in the beginning of the game. Here’s the bone-crushing tackle by Ryan Clark on Willis McGahee at the end of the game that caused McGahee to leave on a stretcher:
Luckily McGahee was moving his arms when he was carted away because the last thing we wanted to see was a major injury suffered. It wasn’t long ago that Kevin Everett collapsed after a hit on a kickoff, getting paralyzed by the blow. The fine Clark will probably receive for the helmet-to-helmet hit won’t pay for the years taken off McGahee’s life with that blow. Goodness.
