Category Archives: Steelers Injury News

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Shamarko Thomas And Dri Archer Injured During Browns Game

After the win against the Browns today, Coach Mike Tomlin addressed the media and gave updates on some injuries. According to Tomlin, Shamarko Thomas suffered an achilles injury of some type. “A couple of injuries: Shamarko Thomas wasn’t able to come back into the game, he’s got an Achilles injury of some kind. He’ll be evaluated.”

Dri Archer was the other player Tomlin mentioned. Archer was hurt late in the game and didn’t return. “Dri Archer had an ankle injury. He’ll likely be evaluated as well. He was unable to continue,” said Tomlin.

The Steelers have a short week as they play the Ravens in Baltimore on Thursday.

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Steelers Inactives For Week One Against The Browns

The inactive list is out for today’s home opener against the Cleveland Browns. The following players will not get a helmet:

QB Landry Jones

WR Martavis Bryant

WR Lance Moore

CB Brice McCain

OL Wesley Johnson

OL Chris Hubbard

DL Daniel McCullers

Cody Wallace was questionable for today’s game, but he is on the field for warm ups, and doesn’t have a splint on injured finger.

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Lance Moore And Brice McCain Ruled Out For Browns Game

The Steelers have released their end of week injury report and, with the exception of Lance Moore, things look pretty good. Here’s the injury report:

OUT: CB Brice McCain (groin), WR Lance Moore (groin)

DOUBTFUL: WR Martavis Bryant (shoulder)

QUESTIONABLE: OL Cody Wallace (finger)

PROBABLE: Matt Spaeth (hammstring), Sean Spence (knee), Greg Warren (knee)

With Lance Moore out, expect to see Justin Brown get some snaps in the slot.

 

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Thursday Steelers Injury Report

The Steelers have concluded practices for today and here’s the injury report.

Did Not Practice: WR Martavis Bryant (shoulder), CB Brice McCain (groin), WR Lance Moore (groin), OL Cody Wallace (finger)

Full: TE Matt Spaeth (hamstring), LB Sean Spence (knee), LS Greg Warren (knee)

The biggest concern on the DNP list is Lance Moore. With Moore out, expect to see Justin Brown getting time in the slot. Brown played slot at Penn State before he transferred to Oklahoma State, where he was moved outside.

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Steelers Claim CB B.W. Webb Off Waivers, Jordan Zumwalt To IR

The Steelers have claimed former Cowboys cornerback B.W. Webb off of waivers. Webb was waived yesterday by Dallas. The 5’11” cornerback was drafted by the Cowboys in the 4th round of the 2013 draft. This move is very likely related to Brice McCain getting injured last night. McCain left the game early with a groin injury. Webb is a capable special teamer. The Steelers are familiar with Webb. They hosted him for a pre-draft visit last year.

To make room on the 75 man roster, the Steelers have placed LB Jordan Zumwalt on injured reserve. This move doesn’t come as a surprise, in fact, I thought the team was going to do it last week. Zumwalt was sidelined throughout the summer with a groin injury and only appeared in the first of the 4 preseason matches.

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Greg Warren Says He’s Cleared To Return Week 1

After the game tonight, LS Greg Warren told Steelers Nation Radio producer Adam Crowley that he has been cleared to return week one for the home opener against the Cleveland Browns.

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This is great news obviously. Warren suffered a meniscus tear during the last week of training camp. When Tomlin made the announcement, he said Warren’s projected recovery was approximately four weeks, so this would put him ahead of schedule. The Steelers were never going to carry two long snappers on the roster to start the season, but this certainly makes decision making a lot easier on September 7th.

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Steelers Post Game Injury Updates

After tonight’s shut out against the Panthers, head coach Mike Tomlin addressed the media and gave some injury updates. There were two injuries of note according to Tomlin. WR Martavis Bryant has an AC (shoulder) sprain. Bryant left the game during the first quarter after getting shaken up on a play.

The other injured player Tomlin spoke of is CB Brice McCain. McCain left the game early with a groin injury. Mike Mitchell left the game with an apparent injury to his right leg. His return was described as probable, but he didn’t return to action after exiting with the injury.

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Report: Sean Spence Will Not Require Surgery On His Knee

As you likely know, Sean Spence suffered an injury to his right knee during Thursday night’s loss to the Eagles. After the game, Coach Tomlin described it as a PCL, but didn’t have any further information. According to Jerry Dulac of the Post Gazette, Spence sprained his PCL, and it will not require surgery.

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As I mentioned the other night, most PCL injuries do not require surgery. Thankfully for Spence, this appears to be minor. Goodness knows the kid has overcome enough in his short NFL career. Hopefully he makes a quick recovery. Assuming it is a low grade sprain, his recovery time should be relatively short.

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Sean Spence And Jason Worilds Exit With Knee Injuries

During the loss to the Eagles tonight, Sean Spence and Jason Worilds left the game early with knee injuries. Sean Spence’s knee injury was to his right knee, not the knee he had surgically repaired two years ago. Coach Tomlin described it as ‘probably a PCL’. He didn’t elaborate and probably doesn’t have specifics yet, but often times PCL injuries don’t require surgery. We’ll have to wait and see how significantly it was injured. PCL injuries usually seem better than they truly are at first, but worsen as time goes on.

Tomlin said Jason Worilds had a ‘knee of some description’. This could mean anything, but he was on the sideline icing it during the game, and he didn’t seem to be concerned about it. According to Ian Rapoport, taking him out was just a precaution.

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The only other injury coach Tomlin mentioned after the game was an ankle sprain to Cam Heyward.

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Steelers Inactives Vs Eagles

The following players are not dressing for the Steelers tonight:

S Will Allen, WR Lance Moore, RB Tauren Poole, TE Eric Waters, TE Will Johnson, CB Shaq Richardson, CB Devin Smith, OL Cody Wallace, LS Greg Warren, and LB Jordan Zumwalt.

For the Eagles:

CB Brandon Boykin, WR Brad Smith, WR Josh Huff , RB Chris Polk, LB Jake Knott,  and C Julian Vandervelde.