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Andrew Joseph

JuJu Smith-Schuster appeared to injure his ankle after stepping on a penalty flag

The Pittsburgh Steelers have a short week coming up with Thursday’s Thanksgiving matchup with the Ravens, and now wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster’s status could be in doubt all because of a rogue penalty flag.

Smith-Schuster sustained one of the weirder injuries during the fourth quarter of Sunday’s game in Jacksonville when he stepped on a penalty flag while jogging in motion and immediately started hobbling to the sidelines.

The CBS broadcast reported that Smith-Schuster tweaked his ankle, and the Steelers receiver was visibly frustrated on the bench. After all, getting injured from stepping on a penalty flag is an absolutely brutal way to get hurt.

Like, how?

Freak injuries don’t get much stranger than that.

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