The Pittsburgh Steelers have been quite lucky with backline injuries over the last few weeks. But that lucky streak came to an end in the 35-25 loss against the Green Bay Packers after starting safety DeShon Elliot suffered a bad knee injury in the matchup. And head coach Mike Tomlin has a new update for the Steelers fans.

On Monday, ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler communicated that the Steelers were ‘bracing’ for Elliot to miss the rest of the season. But luckily, it’s not an ACL tear. Regardless, he’s expected to miss a couple of months. And Insider Ian Rapoport notes that Mike Tomlin has placed the safety on injured reserve.

Given how ugly that injury looked in real time, Steelers fans might actually consider Injured Reserve the best-case scenario here. When he went down trying to bring down Pac

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