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Steelers Lose Kenny Pickett for Bengals Game

The Pittsburgh Steelers have ruled Kenny Pickett out for the Bengals game.

Stephen Thompson

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PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers will spend another week without their starting quarterback under center. 

Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin officially ruled Kenny Pickett out, as they enter a matchup with the Cincinnati Bengals clinging to dwindling playoff odds in a crowded AFC race.  

Tomlin said Mason Rudolph will leapfrog Mitch Trubisky on the depth chart and be the backup this week as well. Trubisky has started the last two weeks but was benched late against the Colts a week ago. 

Pickett suffered an ankle injury just before halftime of the Steelers' loss to the Arizona Cardinals in Week 12. Tomlin said at the beginning of the week that they would "leave the light on" for Pickett ahead of the Bengals game. He practiced, but had been limited all week. 

The original timetable for Pickett's return was 3-4 weeks and this weekend will mark three weeks from the injury. 

Already having suffered a litany of injuries on defense, the Steelers will be undermanned again with their playoff hopes on the line.  

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Stephen Thompson
STEPHEN THOMPSON

Stephen Thompson graduated with a bachelor's degree in communications and political science from Pitt in April 2022 after spending four years as a sports writer and editor at The Pitt News, the University of Pittsburgh's independent, student-run newspaper. He primarily worked the Pitt men's basketball beat, and filled in on coverage of football, volleyball, softball, gymnastics and lacrosse, in addition to other sports as needed. His work at The Pitt News has won awards from the Pennsylvania News Media Association and Associated College Press. During the spring and summer of 2021, Stephen interned for Pittsburgh Sports Now, covering baseball in western Pennsylvania. Hailing from Washington D.C., family ties have cultivated a love of Boston's professional teams and Pitt athletics, and a fascination with sports in general. 

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