Steelers’ Foster suffers potentially serious knee injury
Associated Press
Steelers offensive guard Ramon Foster looks on at practice during training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe. Foster was injured during practice on Saturday and was helped off the field.
Steelers guard Ramon Foster (73) blocks against the Cincinnati Bengals during the 2016 season.
LATROBE 鈥� The first day of live hitting in pads may have resulted in the loss of one starter for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
On the third play of the first scrimmage period, left guard Ramon Foster went down with an apparent right knee injury that may be serious.
The 10th-year pro 鈥� a starter the last seven-and-a-half seasons 鈥� went down in a heap, cried out and grabbed his right leg. He was helped up some 10 minutes later and carted off the field.
Foster蘑菇视频 teammates and close friends 鈥� Maurkice Pouncey, David DeCastro, Marcus Gilbert and Alejandro Villanueva 鈥� stayed back behind the scrimmage after practice continued and watched Foster off. Each player appeared stunned and hurt, and all four left the field without talking to reporters.
Mike Tomlin wouldn鈥檛 speculate on the injury. He called it 鈥渁 lower body injury鈥� and talked about what Foster means to the team.
鈥淩amon蘑菇视频 been doing this a long time and doing it at a high level,鈥� Tomlin said. 鈥淗e蘑菇视频 a core member of the group, obviously.鈥�
Foster, 32 and in the final year of his contract with the team, could conceivably have taken his last snap with the Steelers. He was replaced in Saturday蘑菇视频 practice by B.J. Finney, 26, in his third active season with the Steelers.
Finney signed with them as an undrafted rookie out of Kansas State in 2015 and spent that season on the practice squad. He蘑菇视频 started seven games the last two seasons.
Tomlin was asked whether Finney is core-member caliber.
鈥淗e蘑菇视频 proven that over the last couple years when given an opportunity to play,鈥� Tomlin said.
鈥淚 think B.J. Finney is a good football player. He would be starting in a lot of places,鈥� Steelers broadcast analyst Tunch Ilkin, a former Pro Bowl lineman, said following practice.
鈥淣ow, obviously he蘑菇视频 not going to beat out Ramon here, but if B.J. had to start, that would not be a bad thing.鈥�
NOTES 鈥� The Steelers announced that five more men will be inducted into their Hall of Honor: superscout Bill Nunn; 1970s personnel director Art Rooney, Jr; early-1960s WR Buddy Dial; 1970s halfback Rocky Bleier; and the most modern honoree, left guard Alan Faneca. 鈥� Young players who impressed in the ultra-physical backs-on-backers blitz pick-up drill that annually marks the first day in pads: rookie OLB Ola Adeniyi, rookie RB Jarvion Franklin, rookie ILB Matt Thomas, and second-year slot CB/mini-LB Mike Hilton. Showing the raw inexperience of a rookie RB who had never been asked to pass block in college, Jaylen Samuels struggled.