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Steelers Will Let Minkah Fitzpatrick Play Without Practicing

If he's healthy, the Pittsburgh Steelers will let Minkah Fitzpatrick play.

Stephen Thompson

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PITTSBURGH -- A surprise appendectomy kept the Pittsburgh Steelers' star safety, Minkah Fitzpatrick out of the team's latest game against the New Orleans Saints. Midway through this week, with a divisional contest against the surging Cincinnati Bengals looming, Fitzpatrick's status is still up in the air. 

"If he's available, that'd be great," Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin said. "If he's not, we'll move on without him. So right now, until we get closer to the game I don't have much of an expectation."

Though Fitzpatrick was listed as a non-participant on the first injury report of the week, Austin isn't concerned. He said Fitzpatrick is the kind of player that doesn't need to practice extensively in order to be ready for gameday. 

"He's got plenty of reps under his belt, so I don't worry about it if he's not cleared or ready to go until gametime," Austin added. 

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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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