The Pittsburgh Steelers lost their Week 14 Thursday night road game to the Minnesota Vikings and during the contest they also lost their two starting outside linebackers to injuries. After the game, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin updated the statuses of T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith.
“We had two injuries in the game,” Tomlin said. “T.J. went down with a groin. Alex Highsmith went down with a quad. So, you know, we got thin at that spot.”
Thin at that spot they are now indeed, After Highsmith left the game for good early in the second half, the Steelers only had two outside linebackers left in Taco Charlton and Derrek Tuszka.