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Brooke PryorESPN Staff Writer
- Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman.
PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers volition get 1 superstar defender backmost for Sunday's crippled against New Orleans, but they'll beryllium without another.
The squad announced the activation of T.J. Watt from injured reserve, but besides ruled information Minkah Fitzpatrick retired (appendicitis) for Sunday's crippled against the Saints.
Typically, appendicitis, the swelling and inflammation of the appendix, is treated with surgery. Bengals backmost Joe Burrow had country successful precocious July aft his appendix, a pouch attached to the colon, ruptured.
Specifics of Fitzpatrick's appendicitis aren't known, but helium volition astatine slightest miss Sunday's game.
Fitzpatrick has 3 picks this season, including 1 returned for a touchdown. Earlier this week, the Steelers activated information Damontae Kazee from IR, giving them much extent astatine the position. Fitzpatrick besides missed the Steelers' triumph against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tre Norwood chiefly filled successful for him. The Steelers besides activated S Elijah Riley from the signifier squad.
Fitzpatrick isn't the lone subordinate of the secondary ruled out. The Steelers antecedently ruled retired cornerbacks Ahkello Witherspoon and William Jackson III. Jackson, who the Steelers added from Washington astatine the commercialized deadline, was placed connected IR with a lingering backmost injury, the squad announced Saturday.
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