Ed: Steelers Miss 49 Starts, More to Come

Wednesday, 05 December 2012 13:25

Written by Ed Bouchette

Good afternoon,
    The Steelers have been hit hard by injuries this season, especially to their starters. Counting rookie guard David DeCastro as a starter (he won the job in training camp) as well as halfback Rashard Mendenhall, starters lost 49 games to injuries.
    Here is the list of starters and the games they missed:
   DeCastro 11, Troy Polamalu 9, Mendenhall 7, Marcus Gilbert 7, Antonio Brown 3, James Harrison 3, Ben Roethlisberger 3, LaMarr Woodley 3, Mike Adams 1, Ryan Clark 1, Maurkice Pouncey 1.
        That does not include the one each Jonathan Dwyer and Isaac Redman, both starters at one point, missed nor the 12 that David Johnson, last year’s starter at fullback, missed.
       That list will grow, of course, because Adams remains out, Woodley mightmiss another and Ike Taylor will miss at least the next two.