The injury to Maurkice Pouncey brings the need for the Steelers to address depth at the interior offensive line, they have already made their move.
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Pouncey has been the main guy protecting Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, he also has been an effective cog in the run game so his absence could hurt both the rushing and passing game.
Cody Wallace came in to replace Pouncey, who started all 16 games past year after missing 15 starts in 2013 with a torn ACL and MCL.
Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro C Maurkice Pouncey was injured late in the first quarter of Pittsburgh’s preseason contest with the Green Bay Packers at Heinz Field.
Coach Mike Tomlinson said after the 24-19 win that Pouncey likely will have surgery on his ankle. Gerry Dulac is calling the injury a broken ankle.
After the game, Ed Bouchette of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reported Tuitt suffered a sprained ankle.
“I’ve got four down”, Reid said. “I think everybody knows what he means to this team, what his play means, also”. We’ll look at one of those plays, coidnidentally coming on the play that injured the star center. I’m sure the team will say Wallace is capable of doing the same, and he has pulled in similar fashion before, but it just isn’t as effective and a concept I’d be surprised to see more than once with Wallace starting. But you don’t want to lose all of them.
Suggs defended the hit on Bradford and said it was a legal play.
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“The league is getting younger”, Pederson said. It ain’t my job to be reading. He was a first round pick by the Steelers in the 2010 NFL Draft or the 18th overall selection.
