The Steelers have placed 23-year old cornerback Keenan Lewis on the Injured Reserve List with a back injury ending his season.  Lewis played in 4 games this season and he made 1 tackle.  Lewis was picked in the 3rd round last April out of Oregon State.  The Steelers can’t afford to miss like this in the draft.  The Steelers’ corners have 0 INTs this season and Lewis still couldn’t break into the line-up even as a dime back when he was healthy.  That really speaks volumes about what the Steelers think about Lewis.

The Steelers really miss safety Troy Polamalu because no team is scared to pass against them without him on the field.  Polamalu has played in 5 games this season for the Steelers and he has made 20 tackles, 4 tackles for a loss, defensed 7 passes and he has 3 interceptions.  Despite the defense still having decent numbers they really miss Polamalu because they don’t have anyone outside of James Harrison who can make game changing plays on that side of the ball.

The Steelers have placed 24-year old WR Limas Sweed on the reserve/non-football injury list due to illness which will end his season.  Sweed played in 9 games for the Steelers this season and he caught 1 pass for 5 yards and he made 1 tackle.  In his first two years in the NFL, Sweed has played in 20 games in which he has caught 7 passes for 69 yards (9.9 avg) and he has also made 3 tackles.  Sweed flat out sucks and the Steelers will be better without him.  They should just cut him after the year is over as WRs that can’t catch a football are worthless.

The Steelers have lost long snapper Greg Warren for the rest of the year.  He played in all 14 games (0 starts) for the Steelers this season.  He has now played in 69 games (0 starts) in his five years with the Steelers.  The Steelers have signed Jared Retkofsky to replace Warren as the long snapper and he has played for them before.  He should do a decent job for them the rest of the way.

Starting CB William Gay will miss at least tomorrow’s game against the Cleveland Browns and maybe longer due to a severe concussion that he suffered last week against the Raiders.  Gay has played in 12 games for the Steelers this season and he has made 64 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss, 1 sack, 1 forced fumbel and he has defensed 8 passes.  The Steelers will miss him while he is out as they don’t have much depth in the secondary.