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PITTSBURGH — Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin revealed during his Tuesday press conference that the Steelers are dealing with several injuries heading into Sunday night’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers.
Tomlin said wide receiver Scotty Miller (finger) and linebacker Cole Holcomb (illness) are still out at the beginning of the week. Left guard Isaac Seumalo (pec) and safety Jabrill Peppers (quad) are working toward returning, while safety Chuck Clark (illness) is expected to be back.
Tomlin clarified that Miller and Holcomb are only out to start the week, and could potentially work their way back.
Seumalo suffered the pec injury in the fourth quarter of Sunday’s win over the Indianapolis Colts and did not return.
Seumalo suffered a similar injury in the Steelers’ loss to the Green Bay Packers last week. Backup Spencer Anderson, a versatile blocker used mainly in jumbo packages, replaced the ailing veteran.
Miller has been out the last two games. The broken finger injury was suffered in practice before the Green Bay Packers game last week.
Holcomb missed two days of practice last week with the unspecified illness. He was originally listed as questionable on the team’s Friday injury report, but was downgraded to out after the team’s walkthrough on Saturday.
Peppers was a full participant in Wednesday’s practice, but was limited on Thursday and did not practice on Friday before being ruled out.
Safety Kyle Dugger, who was traded for on Tuesday, had a standout performance in the Steelers’ win over the Colts on Sunday. The Steelers were short three safeties on Sunday with Elliott on injured reserve and Peppers and Clark out.
Duggar started at strong safety, while versatile defensive back Jalen Ramsey played the majority of his snaps at free safety.
Tomlin said Ramsey will continue to play exclusively at free safety again this week.
Alan Saunders provided reporting from Pittsburgh.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Steelers Dealing with Several Injuries ahead of Chargers Game
