The Pittsburgh Steelers are on the brink of making the playoffs, but they’ll go into their crucial Week 17 matchup without their top running back and offensive lineman.
The team announced on Friday that tailback James Conner and center Maurkice Pouncey will not play Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens. Both players exited last week’s game against the New York Jets with injuries and have not practiced this week.
Conner is down with a quad injury after previously dealing with knee and shoulder injuries this season. This will be his sixth missed game this season. Pouncey suffered a knee injury in the third quarter of the Jets game and will miss his third game of the year after serving a two-game suspension for his involvement in a brawl with Myles Garrett.