Any reports on the umpteen zillion players who got injured in the past 2 games?

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

At least 10 characters injured, iirc!

[SanAntonioSteelerFan]

http://www.steelers.com/news/press-conference-reaction/article-1/Tomlins-Injury-Update-Post-KC/26408470-8ed0-44ae-ae9d-bf49d74194af

TOmlin report above. Summary - we're getting a little thin.

[bostonsteeler]

Did I just count 10, possibly 11 players down?

[Slapstick]

We should be able to see who practices today...

[Jooser]

Update, per PFT:

Steelers line injuries could lead to some roster moves

Posted by Darin Gantt on October 5, 2016, 6:43 AM EDT

While it looked like very little was going wrong for the Steelers offense Sunday night, they actually left the game battered up front.

According to Ray Fittipaldo of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, tackles Ryan Harris and Marcus Gilbert were injured in that game, leaving their status for this week against the Jets up in the air.

Coach Mike Tomlin said starting right tackle Gilbert was “highly questionable” this week because of an ankle injury. Harris replaced him during the game, but suffered a leg injury of his own.

If they can’t go this week, the team would likely start Chris Hubbard at right tackle. The versatile backup can play every position, but hasn’t started an NFL game.

But roster moves are also a possibility, as cornerback Senquez Golson and offensive lineman Cody Wallace could be moved to injured reserve to create a spot for potential reinforcements.

“Those things are always the subject of discussion when you’re faced with additional injuries coming out of a game,” Tomlin said. “I’m not ready to make that judgment at this time. We’re going to let the totality of today’s rehabilitation be concluded and then assess where we are as we move into tomorrow before we consider such possibilities.”

The line issues didn’t stop the Steelers from rolling to a 43-14 win over the Chiefs, but protecting Ben Roethlisberger is central to continuing such production.

[Ghost]

Tomlin, “The (Chiefs) game was not without its consequences. We have more injuries to note, some guys whose availability in some instances is highly questionable and in some instances it’s just questionable. But nevertheless, how we manage this and how we utilize the guys who are available to us and how they perform will ultimately define us this week.”


“Marcus Gilbert (ankle) is highly questionable. Ryan Harris (lower leg) is questionable. Cody Wallace (knee) will be out. Eli Rogers (turf toe) will be out. Senquez Golson (foot) will be out. Rosie Nix (back) will continue to walk the path that we’ve walked with him; we’ll evaluate his participation (in practice) and let that be our guide as he comes back from his injury.


“Some more in-game injuries: Jarvis Jones (ankle) – we’ll see how his week progresses. Anthony Chickillo (knee) – the same thing. Ramon Foster (chest) missed last week but he has a chance this week, and like some of these other cases, his practice participation will be our guide. The same for Robert Golden (hamstring) and Ryan Shazier (knee).


“Darrius Heyward-Bey sustained a shoulder injury in the game, He’s probably going to be available to us, but the injury probably is going to affect his availability from a preparation standpoint here at the early stages of the week.”

[RuthlessBurgher]

It's dumb that the league has mandated the elimination of the probable injury designation, leaving only questionable and doubtful for this year (although now "highly questionable" has nudged its way into the conversation as well). Guys that sit out one practice per week for maintenance purposes (such as Andrew Luck) have to be listed as questionable, even though there is no way he actually misses the game unless he gets hit by a bus on the way to the stadium.

I suppose if we had to translate this year's injury designations into last year's injury designations, then questionable = probable, "highly questionable" = questionable, doubtful = doubtful. Way to screw up something simple, NFL.

[phillyesq]

The Steelers look really thin on the offensive line and at OLB. I really hope that Ryan Harris can go - Hubbard looked awful at RT during the preseason. I think he'd be even worse against the Jets D.

I also really hope that Jarvis and or Chickillo are able to go to enable the Steelers to use a rotation at OLB.

[RuthlessBurgher]

The Steelers look really thin on the offensive line and at OLB. I really hope that Ryan Harris can go - Hubbard looked awful at RT during the preseason. I think he'd be even worse against the Jets D.

If neither Gilbert nor Harris is able to go, but Foster can return, I wonder if they would move Foster over to RT vs. the Jets (keeping Finney at LG for another game), rather than having Foster replace Finney at LG and using the untested Hubbard at RT.

[Ghost]

This was in the Wall Street journal Yesterday:

http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-patriots-injury-list-is-highly-questionable-1475624467


Through the first four weeks of the season, New England has listed nearly eight players per week as “questionable” on its injury report, the most of any NFL team. The other 31 franchises, meanwhile, have designated fewer than three players per week as questionable, according to Stats LLC. The Steelers and Giants have listed only three questionable players all season.

Take the Patriots, for example. Gronkowski was listed as questionable in weeks 1 and 2 when he didn’t play, but also in weeks 3 and 4 when he did. Guard Jonathan Cooper has been listed as questionable in all four games too, but has yet to play a game. Defensive end Trey Flowers, on the other hand, was designated as questionable for the first three weeks—and played in all three games.

[phillyesq]

If neither Gilbert nor Harris is able to go, but Foster can return, I wonder if they would move Foster over to RT vs. the Jets (keeping Finney at LG for another game), rather than having Foster replace Finney at LG and using the untested Hubbard at RT.

I was wondering the same thing. Even though that weakens 2 positions, I think it puts your best 5 guys on the field.

[phillyesq]

Apparently, Pouncey is the emergency plan at RT, with Finney replacing him at center. I guess that means Foster is ok to go.

http://www.scout.com/nfl/steelers/story/1714034-pouncey-part-of-steelers-emergency-rt-plan

[phillyesq]

Chickillo, Foster, DHB and Nix were all full participants. That is very good news.

Unfortunately, neither Gilbert nor Ryan Harris practiced.

[RuthlessBurgher]

Full List for Today's Practice:

DID NOT PARTICIPATE
T Marcus Gilbert (Ankle)
CB Senquez Golson (Foot)
T Ryan Harris (Shin)
LB Jarvis Jones (Ankle)
WR Eli Rogers (Toe)
LB Ryan Shazier (Knee)
C Cody Wallace (Knee)
RB DeAngelo Williams (Not Injury Related)


LIMITED PARTICIPATION
CB Justin Gilbert (Knee)
S Robert Golden (Hamstring)

FULL PARTICIPATION
LB Anthony Chickillo (Knee)
G Ramon Foster (Chest)
WR Darrius Heyward-Bey (Shoulder)
RB Roosevelt Nix (Back)

http://www.steelers.com/news/injuryreport/article-1/Week-5-Injury-Report-Jets/d2992958-d896-44b6-92da-6e7fdd6f56d1

[RuthlessBurgher]

Tomlin talks trickle down effect of injuries
Posted Oct 4, 2016

Bob Labriola
Steelers.com

Coach Mike Tomlin listed 12 players on this week's injury report.

Ryan Shazier aggravates his previously injured MCL during the game against the Eagles in Philadelphia. Robert Golden injures a hamstring in the same game. Both players ultimately are ruled out for the rest of the afternoon, and while the decision on the players to replace them at inside linebacker and safety is a simple one, there are additional ramifications.

Continuing with this scenario, it’s apparent that Vince Williams takes Shazier’s spot on defense at inside linebacker alongside Lawrence Timmons, and that Jordan Dangerfield is the next man up at safety behind Golden. But what about special teams?

Williams, Golden, and Dangerfield all are core special teams guys. Can Williams continue to play all of those special teams snaps in addition to handling the new demands on defense? Who fills in on special teams for Golden after he’s injured? And then with Dangerfield, it becomes a situation that’s similar to the one with Williams – can he continue to play all of those special teams snaps in addition to handling the new demands on defense?

This is a snapshot of the decision-making that must be handled in the event of an injury, and it’s also a glimpse into Coach Mike Tomlin’s world of late.

Last week during the preparations for the game against the Chiefs, Tomlin had to consider the ramifications of an injury report that ultimately would list seven players out. During today’s news conference at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, Tomlin listed three players as being out for Sunday’s game against the Jets – Cody Wallace, Eli Rogers, and Senquez Golson – and Marcus Gilbert was termed “highly questionable.” In all a dozen players were named during the “injury update” portion of Tomlin’s briefing.

“As you can see, that’s a laundry list,” said Tomlin after he finished the update. “It’s a good thing we responded well to those circumstances a week ago, because we’re going to be challenged even moreso in that area as we prepare this week.

“We have to be thoughtful as coaches, we have to put these guys in position to perform. It’s less about who we’re playing and more about dealing with these things – to make sure that we lean on the strengths of the men who are available to us, that we work to minimize potential weaknesses, that we stay out in front of some of these things.

“With some of the sub-packages and special teams trickle-down that’s associated with some of these things, we have to be razor-sharp from a planning standpoint. We’re in the midst of that, as a staff, as we speak.”

The ability to practice as the week progresses will determine the availability of many of the walking wounded for Sunday’s 1 p.m. game against the Jets, and so to some degree the planning for the game will be a moving target. One alternative always is a roster move to add a healthy body – most likely from the practice squad – but that requires a tandem move be made to open a spot on the 53-man roster.

With Golson and Wallace currently taking up spots on the 53-man roster, there would seem to be a couple of obvious candidates to be moved to injured reserve should Tomlin decide that was the way to go.

“Those things are always a subject of discussion when you’re faced with additional injuries when you come out of a game,” said Tomlin about maybe being forced to reallocate those two roster spots to guys who could play this week. “I’m not ready to make that judgment at this time. We’re going to let the totality of today’s rehabilitation be concluded and then assess where we are before we consider such possibilities.”

TOMLIN’S INJURY UPDATE

“The (Chiefs) game was not without its consequences. We have more injuries to note, some guys whose availability in some instances is highly questionable and in some instances it’s just questionable. But nevertheless, how we manage this and how we utilize the guys who are available to us and how they perform will ultimately define us this week.

“Marcus Gilbert (ankle) is highly questionable. Ryan Harris (lower leg) is questionable. Cody Wallace (knee) will be out. Eli Rogers (turf toe) will be out. Senquez Golson (foot) will be out. Rosie Nix (back) will continue to walk the path that we’ve walked with him; we’ll evaluate his participation (in practice) and let that be our guide as he comes back from his injury.

“Some more in-game injuries: Jarvis Jones (ankle) – we’ll see how his week progresses. Anthony Chickillo (knee) – the same thing. Ramon Foster (chest) missed last week but he has a chance this week, and like some of these other cases, his practice participation will be our guide. The same for Robert Golden (hamstring) and Ryan Shazier (knee).

“Darrius Heyward-Bey sustained a shoulder injury in the game, He’s probably going to be available to us, but the injury probably is going to affect his availability from a preparation standpoint here at the early stages of the week.”

http://www.steelers.com/news/press-conference-reaction/article-1/Tomlin-talks-trickle-down-effect-of-injuries/ad84c985-00f2-487a-99b1-c4b456614af1