Injury Return Potentially Delayed for Veteran Steelers DB
The return from injury for Pittsburgh Steelers free safety Damontae Kazee might not happen this week, after all.
PITTSBURGH — It had been looking like the Pittsburgh Steelers were set to get veteran defensive back Damontae Kazee back for Sunday’s Week 7 primetime showdown with the New York Jets, but now that might not be happening.
After missing Wednesday’s practice and being limited in Thursday’s practice, Kazee was a full participant in the Steelers’ Friday practice session and was given no injury designation for the team’s Sunday Night Football game.
But after the team’s walkthrough on Saturday, team spokesman Burt Lauten announced that Kazee has been downgraded from no injury designation to questionable to play against the Jets.
Kazee was originally injured when he stepped on a football and twisted his ankle during warmups before the team’s Week 5 game against the Dallas Cowboys. Kazee was able to play through the injury against Dallas, but swelling prevented him from participating in practice the following week and he was held out of the Steelers’ Week 6 road game agains the Las Vegas Raiders.
Veteran strong safety Terrell Edmunds replicated most of Kazee’s role against the Raiders, and filled in for starting free safety Minkah Fitzpatrick briefly when he went down during the game. The Steelers did not dress and additional defensive back to replace Kazee on the active game-day roster, and do not have another free safety available on either the active roster or practice squad.
Kazee is in his third season with the Steelers and has played in 28 games with 13 starts since the beginning of the 2022 season. This year in five games, he has eight tackles, one pass defended and one interception.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS INJURY REPORT
| Player | Injury | Date | Prognosis | Roster Status |
| DT Montravius Adams | Knee | Oct. 18 | Healthy | Active, LP |
| CB Anthony Averett | TBD | Oct. 17 | TBD | Practice squad IR |
| WR Roman Wilson | Hamstring | Oct. 17 | Day to day | Active, LP, QUES vs. NYJ |
| RB Najee Harris | Ribs | Oct. 13 | Day to day | Active, FP |
| C Zach Frazier | Ankle | Oct. 13 | Week to week | Active, DNP, OUT vs. NYJ |
| FS Damontae Kazee | Ankle | Oct. 6 | Day to day | Active, FP, QUES vs. NYJ |
| DE DeMarvin Leal | Neck/stinger | Oct. 6 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| OLB Nick Herbig | Right hamstring | Oct. 6 | Week to week | Active, DNP, OUT vs. NYJ |
| RB Cordarrelle Patterson | Ankle | Sept. 29 | Day to day | Active, DNP, OUT vs. NYJ |
| RG James Daniels | Achilles | Sept. 29 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| OLB Alex Highsmith | Groin | Sept. 22 | Day to day | Active, FP |
| CB Cory Trice Jr. | Hamstring | Sept. 22 | One week | Injured reserve |
| RT Troy Fautanu | Right knee dislocation | Sept. 20 | Regular season | Injured reserve |
| TE MyCole Pruitt | Right knee | Sept. 15 | Day to day | Active, FP |
| WR Ben Skowronek | Shoulder | Sept. 15 | Week to week | Injured reserve |
| LB Tyler Matakevich | Hamstring | Sept. 15 | Week to week | Injured reserve |
| P Cameron Johnston | Right leg | Sept. 8 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| SS Ryan Watts | Neck/stinger | Aug. 24 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| DL Logan Lee | Calf | Aug. 20 | Week to week | Injured reserve |
| OT Dylan Cook | Lisfranc, left foot | Aug. 17 | Week to week | IR-DFR 10/17, OUT vs. NYJ |
| C Nate Herbig | Torn rotator cuff | Aug. 14 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| OLB David Perales | Left MCL tear | July 31 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| ILB Cole Holcomb | Left knee | Nov. 2, 2023 | Week to week | PUP/reserve |
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