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Injury Update: Colts G Matt Slauson risked paralysis playing through two broken vertebrae

Matt Slauson’s story could have ended much worse. His move from the roster to injured reserve caught most by surprise after the miserable spectacle that was the Thursday Night football game. There was not a lot of information readily available, but it is now known that in the 3rd quarter of the game, Slauson broke two vertebrae in his spine. He played the remainder of the game.

We have placed C/G Matt Slauson on IR and signed C/G Evan Boehm to the 53-man roster off of the Los Angeles Rams practice squad: https://t.