Throughout his first Tuesday press convention of the common season, Mike Tomlin supplied an damage preview forward of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Week 1 matchup in opposition to the Atlanta Falcons. Most notably, he supplied readability on beginning LG Isaac Seumalo.
“Isaac will be described as out this week,” Tomlin stated by way of the Steelers’ YouTube channel. “However we did get excellent news relating to his pec damage. We’ll characterize it as week-to-week, and we’ll see the place subsequent week leads us. However actually optimistic about his return prior to later. We had plenty of guys working in a partial capability yesterday…These guys are Roman Wilson and Troy Fautanu. We’re optimistic about each guys. Jaylen Warren will be included in that dialogue together with Cory Trice [Jr.].”
Seumalo suffered a pectoral damage throughout final week’s apply. Initially seen as a critical and doubtlessly season-ending damage, media studies indicated he would solely miss 3-4 weeks. Tomlin’s feedback align with these. Tomlin famous Spencer Anderson is subsequent man as much as exchange Seumalo.
Fautanu suffered a sprained MCL within the first half of his NFL debut, the preseason opener in opposition to the Houston Texans. He didn’t play in both of the ultimate two exhibition video games however has been working his method again to be cleared medically. Nonetheless, with a lot time missed, there’s no assure he’ll begin in opposition to the Falcons.
Wilson suffered an ankle sprain throughout the first padded apply in late July and sat out the remainder of the summer time. Whereas he prevented being positioned on IR to start the 12 months, an encouraging signal, he’s made slower progress than Fautanu and has missed extra time.
Trice suffered a groin damage within the preseason finale however seems on observe to play in opposition to Atlanta. Warren suffered a hamstring damage within the second preseason sport versus the Buffalo Payments however has expressed confidence he received’t miss the Falcons contest.
Pittsburgh has two gamers who will start the 12 months on IR-designated-to-return. They’re OT Dylan Prepare dinner (foot) and OLB Jeremiah Moon (unknown). They may miss at the least the primary 4 weeks of the season, returning in Week 5 in opposition to the Dallas Cowboys on the earliest. ILB Cole Holcomb is on Reserve/PUP because of the extreme knee damage he suffered a 12 months in the past. He’s additionally slated to overlook at the least the primary 4 weeks however will probably be out longer than that.
The Steelers will launch their first official damage report tomorrow. Their last report will come out Friday.
