Steelers Offensive Star Unexpectedly Lands on Injury Report
Pittsburgh Steelers starting running back Najee Harris unexpectedly landed on the team's injury report for Wednesday.
PITTSBURGH — Starting running back Najee Harris unexpectedly landed on the Pittsburgh Steelers injury report with a rib injury after having his best game of the season against the Las Vegas Raiders on Sunday.
Harris has been given Wednesdays off somewhat regularly throughout the 2024 season, so his absence at practice on Wednesday wasn’t entirely unexpected, but his presence on the Steelers injury report was. Harris was not listed among head coach Mike Tomlin’s postgame injuries, and he did not appear to be dealing with anything in-game, though he did give way to Jonathan Ward and Aaron Shampklin once the game was out of hand.
Jaylen Warren returned from a knee sprain against the Raiders after missing two weeks, and appeared to playing at less than 100% through limited reps. He, Shampklin and Ward would be expected to carry the workload if Harris is unable to return to practice this week.
Veteran Cordarrelle Patterson, who has been out with an ankle injury since Sept. 29, also did not practice on Wednesday, though Tomlin said he has a chance to return this week.
PITTSBURGH STEELERS INJURY REPORT
| Player | Injury | Date | Prognosis | Roster Status |
| RB Najee Harris | Ribs | Oct. 13 | Day to day | Active, DNP |
| C Zach Frazier | Ankle | Oct. 13 | Week to week | Active, DNP, OUT vs. NYJ |
| FS Damontae Kazee | Ankle | Oct. 6 | Day to day | Active, DNP, QUES vs. NJY |
| 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, QUES vs. NYJ |
| RG James Daniels | Achilles | Sept. 29 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
| OLB Alex Highsmith | Groin | Sept. 22 | Day to day | Active, LP, PROB vs. NYJ |
| 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, QUES vs. NYJ |
| 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-Return |
| 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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