Update:
Steelers C Maurkice Pouncey specifically has a broken bone in his injured ankle injury that will require him to undergo surgery, per Gerry Dulac.
Pittsburgh is still hoping that Pouncey will be able to return at some point this season. However, Mark Kaboly has been told that broken ankles that require surgery typically forces a player to miss a minimum of six weeks.
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Steelers HC Mike Tomlin announced following Sunday’s preseason game that starting C Maurkice Pouncey suffered an ankle injury and is likely to undergo surgery, per Albert Breer.
- Tomlin didn’t offer any sort of timetable for Pouncey to be back from the procedure.
Pouncey was quickly ruled out for the remainder of the game after he was rolled up on from behind in the first quarter of the game.
Pouncey, 26, is in the second year of his six-year, $45.49 million contract that included a $13 million signing bonus. He stands to make base salaries of $1.75 million (205), $3.5 million (2016), $7.5 million (2017), $7 million(2018-2019) over the remainder of the contract.
In 2014, Pouncey appeared in all 16 games for the Steelers and was rated by Pro Football Focus as the No. 6 center out of 41 qualifying players.
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