Nothing but doom and gloom from Mike Tomlin’s press conference today. OLB James Harrison broke his orbital bone last week and Tomlin said he will be out for ‘several’ weeks. Lawrence Timmons will move to ROLB and Larry Foote will take Timmons’ spot on the onside. This is a huge loss for the Steelers, even if he only misses 3 or so games. The Steelers can’t afford to keep losing games, even if it is early.
What is remarkable is that Harrison played around a quarter of football after breaking a bone in his face. The guy is some kind of man.
Tomlin also said that Isaac Redman is expected to be the starting running back on Sunday with Rashard Mendenhall’s injury. Aaron Smith is looking doubtful as well. Big Ben looks like he’ll be able to go, but he won’t be practicing much this week.
Nothing is going to come easy in 2011 for the Steelers, that much I can say with certainty.
