The Pittsburgh Steelers are coping with a number of vital accidents, however Mike Tomlin did supply one nugget of positivity right through his weekly press convention. The head trainer stated he feels good about tight finish Pat Freiermuth perhaps being activated from IR and being to be had for Sunday’s sport towards the Cleveland Browns.Â
Freiermuth has been sidelined with a hamstring injury since Pittsburgh’s Week 4 loss to the Houston Texans. A 2021 second-round pick out, Freiermuth’s absence has contributed to the Steelers score twenty ninth within the NFL in passing yards and landing passes via 9 video games.Â
A former standout at Penn State, Freiermuth stuck seven landing passes as a rookie whilst serving to the Steelers make the playoffs right through Ben Roethlisberger’s ultimate season. He set profession highs with 63 catches for 732 yards closing season in spite of the Steelers converting quarterbacks right through the season.Â
Freiermuth has already stuck as many landing passes this yr (two) as he did all of closing season.Â
Tomlin additionally supplied an replace on All-Pro protection Minkah Fitzpatrick, who has ignored the Steelers’ closing two video games whilst coping with an ankle injury, is “battling to come back to us” and play this week. Fitzpatrick’s availability for Sunday is determined by how he progresses all the way through the week, Tomlin stated.Â
Pittsburgh’s closing two wins got here at a price. The Steelers misplaced each beginning within linebacker Cole Holcomb (knee) and Kwon Alexander (Achilles) to season-ending accidents over that span. With each gamers out, Elandon Roberts and Mark Robinson are slated to fill their spots within the beginning lineup.Â
“We’re not looking outside the organization, to be quite honest with you,” Tomlin said when discussing his within linebacker intensity whilst making point out to observe squad within backers Mykal Walker and Tariq Carpenter. “We’ve got guys that we’re comfortable with.”Â