Tag: PUP-list

Steelers start training camp with 3 players on injury lists

The Steelers won’t have these three players for at least a portion of training camp.

On Wednesday the Pittsburgh Steelers started training camp and according to head coach Mike Tomlin, three players start camp on injury lists. Tomlin addressed the media after the team reported and had their run test.

According to Tomlin, inside linebacker Cole Holcomb and defensive lineman Dean Lowry will start training camp on the active Physically Unable to Perform (PUP) list. Holcomb is still on the mend from a serious leg injury he suffered last season. Lowry came to the Steelers with an injury situation but not one Tomlin was willing to elaborate on.

As for running back/wide receiver Cordarrelle Patterson, he starts training camp on the Non-Football Injury list. This is because the hamstring injury he’s dealing with happened during his own offseason training.

Tomlin didn’t share any sort of timeline for any of the injured players but the injuries to Holcomb and Lowry have been lingering and don’t inspire hope for their availability anytime soon.

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Predicting 2 Steelers to start training camp on the PUP list

Which Steelers will start the season on the PUP list?

In just three days, the Pittsburgh Steelers will open up 2024 training camp. So far, we’ve had no word of any Steelers players starting the season on the Physically Unable to Perform List (PUP) but the team still has time to place players.

Here is how the NFL defines the active PUP list:

Active/PUP list: Players are placed on this list during training camp and count toward a team’s 90-man roster. Players can be removed from the list at any time during camp, but can’t be placed back on the list. Players on this list as of final roster cutdowns must be placed on the Reserve/PUP, released, traded or counted against the 53-man roster.

The Steelers have two prime candidates to go on the active PUP ahead of the start of training camp. One is linebacker Cole Holcomb who is making slow progress as he tries to return from a knee injury he suffered in the middle of the 2023 season.

Another player who might start the season on the PUP is cornerback Cory Trice. He missed all of the 2023 season with a torn ACL he suffered on the first day of padded practice at last year’s training camp. Pittsburgh needs to ease Trice back into action if they want him to help in year two.

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