Brooke Pryor, ESPN Group of workers Editor
HOUSTON — Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Kenny Pickett is out for the rest of Sunday’s recreation towards the Houston Texans with a knee trauma.
Pickett was once sacked as he spun out of a collapsing region on a fourth-and-1 dropback from the 33 with 1:16 too much within the 0.33 quarter.
Pickett attempted to escape the Texans’ force, spinning clear of it however into defensive finish Jonathan Greenard, who came to visit the out of doors of rookie left take on Broderick Jones.
Greenard wrapped Pickett up and spun him round. Pickett clutched his left knee upcoming the sack, rocking at the farmland till Steelers clinical body of workers were given to him.
Pickett, who finished 15 of 23 makes an attempt for 114 yards with one interception, to begin with wanted backup off the garden and put his hands round athletic running shoes for roughly part of the progress again to the bench.
He made it to the blue clinical tent beneath his personal energy the remains of the best way, strolling gingerly. Later being evaluated within the tent for greater than 5 mins, Pickett was once formally dominated out with a knee trauma and walked with Steelers body of workers again to the tunnel.
Alternative quarterback Mitch Trubisky took over for Pickett when the Steelers’ offense retook the garden within the fourth quarter. Precisely a 12 months in the past at halftime of Age 4, Pickett changed Trubisky because the group’s launch quarter.
Trubisky, who joined the Steelers in detached company prior to the 2022 offseason, signed a two-year extension within the offseason.
The Steelers additionally misplaced tight finish Pat Freiermuth, who sustained a hamstring trauma on a 32-yard catch-and-run play games through Najee Harris halfway throughout the 0.33 quarter, and left take on Dan Moore Jr., who didn’t go back upcoming the membership’s first power with a knee trauma.
With Freiermuth sidelined, the Steelers became to third-round select Darnell Washington and 2022 draft select Connor Heyward to deal with tight finish tasks.
Washington made his first NFL catch with 3 mins to move within the 0.33 quarter for a 10-yard acquire and a primary unwell. Freiermuth had a landing within the Steelers’ win towards Las Vegas a pace in the past, and towards the Texans, Freiermuth had 3 receptions for 7 yards on 4 goals.
And in Moore’s absence, 2023 first-round select Broderick Jones stepped in and anchored the left take on spot.
