Steelers rule K Boswell out Sunday vs. Eagles

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers volition instrumentality connected the undefeated Philadelphia Eagles without kicker Chris Boswell connected Sunday.

The Steelers downgraded K Chris Boswell (right groin) to retired aft Saturday's walkthrough. Boswell archetypal appeared connected the wounded study pursuing Friday's signifier and was initially listed arsenic questionable.

The Steelers signed escaped cause kicker Nick Sciba and elevated him to the progressive roster earlier the 4 p.m. deadline Saturday, the squad announced.

Sciba, an undrafted escaped cause retired of Wake Forest, spent grooming campy with the Steelers earlier being released successful precocious August. Sciba connected connected 80 of 89 tract goals successful college, and successful his elder twelvemonth deed 23 of 25 attempts. He besides holds the NCAA grounds for consecutive tract goals made with 34, and helium ne'er missed a PAT successful college.

Boswell, who signed a four-year, $20 cardinal hold during grooming camp, is 12-of-16 connected tract extremity attempts and 9-of-9 connected other constituent attempts this season. Boswell has been particularly captious for an discourtesy that has struggled to people touchdowns, scoring them connected conscionable 33.3% of reddish portion trips successful the past 3 games.

In 2021, then-rookie punter Pressley Harvin III took implicit kickoff duties against the Cleveland Browns successful 2021 erstwhile Boswell suffered an in-game wounded connected a fake punt.