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Steelers place Heyward on IR after groin injury

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Last updated: 2023/09/15 at 5:19 PM
BigP Published September 15, 2023
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  • Brooke Pryor, ESPN Staff WriterSep 14, 2023, 04:20 PM ET

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    • Previously covered the Kansas City Chiefs for the Kansas City Star and Oklahoma University for the Oklahoman.

PITTSBURGH — The Steelers will be without their longest-tenured player and a defensive captain for at least four weeks, but likely longer, after the team placed defensive lineman Cam Heyward on injured reserve Thursday.

Heyward underwent surgery earlier in the day for a groin injury sustained during the Week 1 loss to the San Francisco 49ers, a source confirmed to ESPN.

Heyward, 34, sustained the injury in the first half, and although he tried to go back in the game, he was ruled out by halftime.

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“Obviously losing Cam is significant, but that’s what this team is about,” coach Mike Tomlin said Tuesday. “Replacing Cam not a one-man job, man, it is a multiple-man job and a coach’s job because it changes your schematics when you lose significant players. We all acknowledge that, and we all run to that, not away from that.”

Heyward, a first-round draft pick by the Steelers in 2011, recorded at least 10 sacks each of the past two seasons, and he’s been a captain since 2015. His injury and placement on IR marks the second year in a row that the Steelers had a costly loss in Week 1; T.J. Watt tore his pectoral muscle against the Cincinnati Bengals and missed seven games in 2022.

“He’s a smart veteran, he comes to the side and he tells us what he sees,” second-year defensive end DeMarvin Leal said of Heyward. “He also great at communicating about what’s going on on the field. We still got Larry [Ogunjobi]. We still have [T.J.]. We still have Alex [Highsmith], so it’s not like we’re not going to have experienced vets that see something and won’t communicate it. We’re just going to have to be able to hold it down for him.”

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