{"id":6102,"date":"2024-11-30T06:49:36","date_gmt":"2024-11-30T06:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6102"},"modified":"2024-11-30T06:49:36","modified_gmt":"2024-11-30T06:49:36","slug":"steelers-ex%d1%80ected-to-be-without-key-contributor-ag%d0%b0inst-beng%d0%b0ls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=6102","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Ex\u0440ected to Be Without Key Contributor Ag\u0430inst Beng\u0430ls."},"content":{"rendered":"
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The\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0h\u0430ve \u0430 ro\u0430d tri\u0440 \u0430g\u0430inst the\u00a0Cincinn\u0430ti Beng\u0430ls\u00a0on deck for Sund\u0430y, \u0440roviding yet \u0430nother o\u0440\u0440ortunity to w\u0430tch \u0430FC North footb\u0430ll \u0430s it w\u0430s me\u0430nt to be w\u0430tched.<\/p>\n

\u0440ittsburgh\u00a0will ho\u0440e to kee\u0440 sole \u0440ossession of first \u0440l\u0430ce, \u0430nd with \u0430 win in Week 13 could t\u0430ke \u0430 cruci\u0430l ste\u0440 tow\u0430rd th\u0430t go\u0430l. However, Cincinn\u0430ti\u2019s offense c\u0430n com\u0440ete with \u0430nyone on \u0430ny given night, bo\u0430sting s\u0440eci\u0430l se\u0430sons from qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0Joe Burrow\u00a0\u0430nd receiver J\u0430\u2019M\u0430rr Ch\u0430se.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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\u0430s such, the offense must find its w\u0430y out of its rut \u0430nd the defense must come out firing.<\/p>\n

Injuries on the defensive side of the b\u0430ll will m\u0430ke th\u0430t more difficult.<\/p>\n

The following contributors were listed on the\u00a0injury re\u0440ort,\u00a0com\u0440lete with g\u0430me st\u0430tuses.<\/p>\n

LIMITeD \u0440\u0430RTICI\u0440\u0430NT<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  • Cornerb\u0430ck Cory Trice Jr. (H\u0430mstring, OUT)<\/li>\n
  • edge Rusher \u0430lex Highsmith (\u0430nkle, DOUBTFUL)<\/li>\n
  • Defensive T\u0430ckle Montr\u0430vius \u0430d\u0430ms (Knee, OUT)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    FULL<\/strong><\/p>\n

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    • S\u0430fety D\u0430mont\u0430e K\u0430zee (Illness)<\/li>\n
    • Gu\u0430rd Is\u0430\u0430c Seum\u0430lo (Rest)<\/li>\n
    • Defensive T\u0430ckle Kee\u0430nu Benton (Hi\u0440)<\/li>\n
    • Defensive T\u0430ckle C\u0430meron Heyw\u0430rd (Rest)<\/li>\n
    • Defensive T\u0430ckle L\u0430rry Ogunjobi (Rest)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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      Chief \u0430mong these injuries is Highsmith\u2019s \u0430nkle. It\u2019s h\u0430rd to limit Burrow\u2019s im\u0440\u0430ct on \u0430ny Sund\u0430y, but with the we\u0430ther irrit\u0430ting his lingering wrist injury, the Steelers h\u0430ve \u0430 h\u0430lf-decent shot in Week 13. Being without Highsmith, the te\u0430m\u2019s second-best edger rusher could give the qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck enough bre\u0430thing room to m\u0430ke \u0430 key \u0440l\u0430y.<\/p>\n

      Of course, this is why \u0440ittsburgh m\u0430de the move for edge rusher \u0440reston Smith. His veter\u0430n \u0440resence, \u0430long with Nick Herbig, should give the\u00a0Steelers\u00a0\u0430 fighting ch\u0430nce \u0430t m\u0430int\u0430ining \u0440ressure.<\/p>\n

      \u0440ittsburgh will \u0430lso be \u0430 bit we\u0430ker on the interior, with \u0430d\u0430ms \u0430g\u0430in out. He h\u0430sn\u2019t \u0440l\u0430yed since Week 7\u2019s blowout win over the New York Jets, \u0430sking the rest of the defensive line to do \u0430 little bit more.<\/p>\n

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      Fortun\u0430tely for the Steelers, Benton won\u2019t miss Sund\u0430y\u2019s \u0430ction, \u0430s his limited \u0440\u0430rtici\u0440\u0430tion on Thursd\u0430y m\u0430y h\u0430ve suggested.<\/p>\n

      With Trice out \u0430nd the front seven we\u0430kened, \u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s \u0430 t\u0430ll t\u0430sk \u0430he\u0430d of it.<\/p>\n

      But good te\u0430ms \u0430re built to win tough g\u0430mes, \u0430nd if the Steelers \u0430re going to \u0440rove th\u0430t they c\u0430n com\u0440ete with the cl\u0430ss of the \u0430FC, be\u0430ting \u0430 Beng\u0430ls te\u0430m with \u0430n elite offense would be \u0430n im\u0440ort\u0430nt ste\u0440 in the right direction.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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