Leading up to the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Week 1 preseason game on Friday night, the hot news item was the weird and mysterious injury to cornerback Joe Haden. Wedensday’s practice saw team reporter Missi Matthews report Haden was carted off the practice field. What happened was Haden walked off the field and was taken in a cart up the hill to the dorms for further examination.
Later that day the Steelers stated they wouldn’t address Haden’s injury until after the game, but did label the injury as minor.
The game came and went, and after the passing of wide receivers coach Darryl Drake Sunday, Haden’s minor injury was forced onto the back burner.