The Pittsburgh Steelers are exiting Cincinnati with a win and largely, a clean bill of health. In his postgame press conference, Mike Tomlin only mentioned two names with injury-related matters. Per Tomlin via the team website, Pickens had the wind knocked out of him while WR Calvin Austin III suffered an ankle injury late in the game.
“From an injury standpoint, I think George just got the wind knocked out,” Tomlin told reporters. “I’m talking about Pickens. Calvin maybe hurt his ankle there late, but I don’t know the extent of that.”
Tomlin says thinks Pickens had the wind knocked out of him, Austin maybe an ankle of some kind, we'll see where that goes he said #Steelers #NFL
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Pickens returned to the game after missing a handful of plays.