The Pittsburgh Steelers will be without multiple key veterans for their Week 9 matchup with the Indianapolis Colts. The team appears in line to have a fully healthy offense, but will be without starting linebacker Cole Holcomb and starting safety Chuck Clark.

Holcomb and Clark are both dealing with illnesses and were downgraded to out on Saturday, per NFL insider Ian Rapoport. Neither should be out for more than one game.

Holcomb is the bigger loss on paper as the team's starting middle linebacker. However, after notching 54 tackles across eight games in 2024, the sixth-year veteran has struggled in 2025, managing just 25 tackles in his first seven games.

Without Holcomb, the Steelers will start Patrick Queen and Payton Wilson in the middle. Wilson has been a revelation for the team

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