The Steelers host the Tampa Bay Bucs Sunday at 1:00 pm. Thom Brennaman and David Diehl are the commentators. Below is a map of the fox affiliates who will broadcasting the game. Not much coverage this week.
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The NFL has announced that LeGarrette Blount has been fined $5,512 for throwing a football into the stands during a touchdown celebration Sunday night. $5,512 is the minimum fine for the first offense of throwing a ball into the stands.
According to Will Graves of the Associated Press, Blount plans to appeal his fine. I’m not sure why, as he clearly threw the ball into the stands, which is listed under the league’s schedule of fines.
With the return of James Harrison, rookie defensive lineman Daniel McCullers will be getting a new number. McCullers was 74 throughout preseason. Now that James Harrison has returned, Harrison gets his old number back, and Big Dan will move to number 62.
All you guys out there who bought a 92 McCullers jersey already, might want to get your exchange in before the 30 days is up. 😉
The Pittsburgh Steelers have re-signed legendary outside linebacker James Harrison this morning. The veteran pass rusher shared the news via his Instagram account.
With Jarvis Jones being placed IR with the designation to return, the signing made perfect sense. Behind Jones, the only backup on the active roster at outside linebacker is Arthur Moats. The details of the deal haven’t been released, but expect it to be a one year contract. The team is currently sitting with a little over $4 Mil in salary cap space.
The Steelers are reportedly close to bringing back legendary outside linebacker James Harrison. According to multiple media outlets, the deal is all but done.
https://twitter.com/AdamSchefter/status/514199696756453376
https://twitter.com/BCTBradford/status/514209106505506817
The recently retired linebacker will provide depth at a position that was already thin before Jarvis Jones dislocated his wrist last night. Harrison’s agent says that the veteran linebacker is in the best shape he’s been in since 2008 or 2009. A couple hours before the news broke, Silverback posted the following video to his Instagram account.
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Roger Goodell is drawing up a fine for the signing at this very moment. 😉
The Pittsburgh Steelers have placed OLB Jarvis Jones on Injured Reserve with the designation to return. Jones reportedly dislocated his wrist last night during the victory over the Carolina Panthers. The injury occurred when Jones had his wrist slam into Brett Keisel’s knee. According to Ian Rapoport, JJ already had surgery today.
With the return designation, the earliest Jones can return to game play is Sunday, November 30 vs. New Orleans. He will miss at least 8 weeks. The team can only designate one injured player for return per season.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, OLB Jarvis Jones will likely need wrist surgery and is sidelined indefinitely.
PITT: LB Ryan Shazier sprained MCL, MRI today. LB Jarvis Jones likely needs wrist surgery, sidelined indefinitely. CB Ike Taylor broke arm.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 22, 2014
Arthur Moats looked good last night, but outside linebacker is one of the most depth poor positions on the Steelers roster.
Schefter also reports that Shazier has a sprained MCL and is waiting on an MRI. It’s difficult to speculate as to how long he could be sidelined without more information, but your average MCL sprain carries a 2-4 week recovery timeline.
With Ike Taylor being out of the picture, expect the Steelers to make a move for another CB.
Coach Tomlin gave some injury updates during his post-game press conference after tonight’s 37-19 win over the Carolina Panthers. Ike Taylor broke his forearm. Jarvis Jones suffered a right wrist injury and Ryan Shazier suffered an injury to his right knee. Tomlin said that the two linebackers were still being evaluated.
“Obviously we have some adjustments to make,” said Tomlin. “We had some guys go down with significant injuries in this game. Ike Taylor broke his forearm. Shazier has a knee injury that is being evaluated. Jarvis Jones has a wrist injury that is being evaluated. I’ll let you know more about that when we get back to Pittsburgh.”
According to Mark Kaboly of the Trib, Jarvis Jones says he’ll be back next week.
Saw Jarvis Jones. Had wrist wrapped with plastic guard. Said he is OK and will be back next week. Not quite sure about that.
— Mark Kaboly (@MarkKaboly) September 22, 2014
Here’s the replay of Ike Taylor’s injury. He caught some friendly fire from Lawrence Timmons.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aT2YYaXdPZY
There is some good news on the injury front as WR Lance Moore has returned to full practice participation. “I feel better than I have in weeks, it’s encouraging and exciting,” said Moore via Steelers.com. Moore added that he’s not out of the woods yet. “I don’t want to put the cart before the horse. I have a long week of practice coming up and I am just trying to feel better and better during the week and go from there.”
The Steelers are waiting to see how Moore responds after a full practice, but the writing on the wall right now indicates he’ll be playing Sunday. The only two players Coach Tomlin mentioned as limited during his press conference today are NT Steve McLendon (shoulder) and RB/WR Dri Archer (ankle). McLendon participated in individual drills yesterday and was replaced by Cam Thomas during practice. “That was just today. I’ll be back to practice on Wednesday,” McLendon told reporters.
Here are the snap counts from last night’s loss to the Ravens. On offense, Cody Wallace subbed in for Ramon Foster at LG for one play. FB/TE Will Johnson was on the field for one play as well. On defense, Sean Spence subbed in for Ryan Shazier, and saw action for 7 snaps at LILB. DE Stephon Tuitt was on the field for about 21% of the defensive snaps.
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