according to video via the show\u2019s YouTube page.<\/a> \u201cI tried to shed a block, and I stuck my arm out there and next thing you know, I\u2019m on the ground laying like this and I\u2019m looking down the field and I\u2019m just like, \u2018Yeah, my shoulder\u2019s messed up. It ain\u2019t coming back.\u201d<\/p>\nThough Black says he messed his shoulder up on the play, he didn\u2019t miss any time and continued to play through it.<\/p>\n
That play was one that didn\u2019t really stand out, good or bad.<\/p>\n
It came 10:37 left in the fourth quarter of the Week 14 clash at M&T Bank Stadium. Black, playing left defensive end, was knocked inside by a nice down block from Ravens TE Charlie Kolar. Black did well to fight back through the block and stuck his arm out at Henry.<\/p>\n
Somehow, Black was able to cut down Henry for a gain of just five yards, but his left arm took the brunt of the 6-2, 252-pound Henry. Fortunately, Black was wearing a shoulder brace, which might have saved him from some serious injury, but you can see he gets up at the end of the play and is flexing his left arm\/shoulder.<\/p>\n
That Black\u2019s welcome-to-the-NFL moment came deep into his rookie season is pretty impressive. Coming out of Iowa he had the size and strength to transition to the NFL game right away.<\/p>\n
There were flashes of brilliance from Black, and examples of him struggling, too. But he took to the jump well and held his own. Trying to tackle Derrick Henry with one arm though? Not exactly something that should be encouraged.<\/p>\n
It woke Black up and made him realize it\u2019s the NFL, that\u2019s a Hall of Fame running back, and he can\u2019t do what he did at Iowa over the last few years against Big Ten running backs.<\/p>\n
Pretty funny story from Black though, and fortunately he avoided any injury, continuing to play some good football<\/a> down the stretch in his rookie season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The jump from college football to the NFL, both mentally and physically, can be brutal. Pittsburgh Steelers defensive…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":623479,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[67],"tags":[8849,20021,399,398,396,397,268744,1321,99,57902],"class_list":["post-623478","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ncaa-football","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-derrick-henry","tag-football","tag-ncaa","tag-ncaa-football","tag-ncaafootball","tag-not-just-football-w-cam-heyward","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-sports","tag-yahya-black"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623478","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=623478"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/623478\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/623479"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=623478"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=623478"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=623478"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}