The Pittsburgh Steelers fell to the Seattle Seahawks today, 28-26, and also lost two key starters throughout the game. Heading into halftime Ben Roethlisberger was ruled questionable to return with an elbow injury, and never returned for the Steelers.
Freshly named back up, Mason Rudolph, took action for the rest for the 2nd half and went 12 for 16, 112 yards and 2 touchdowns.
To make matters worse for the Steelers, they announced late in the 4th quarter that James Conner was questionable to return with a knee injury, and never returned to the game. Both will be further evaluated by Pittsburgh.
In the first quarter of the NFC Championship rematch between the Rams and the Saints; quarterback Drew Brees left the game due to a right thumb injury after Aaron Donald had made contact with him.
He was relieved by Teddy Bridgewater trailing 3-0 in the first quarter, and was a mediocre 17 of 30 for 165 yards a no touchdowns. The Saints struggled to gain any momentum after Brees left the game, and suffered a 27-9 loss to the Los Angeles Rams.
Philadelphia Eagles tight end, Dallas Goedert, left during warm ups after reaggravating a calf injury, and that was just the beginning for the Eagles. During the 2nd quarter they announced that both Alshon Jeffery and DeSean Jackson were questionable to return as well.
Jeffery was ready to go for Philly during their first series, but was sidelined with a calf injury during the next series. DeSean Jackson has been in and out of the game, and will be limit for the Eagles due to a groin injury.
Right tackle for the Atlanta Falcons, Kaleb McGary, went down with a knee injury in the 2nd quarter and is questionable to return. McGary injured himself on a DeVonta Freeman running play, and was replaced by Ty Sambrailo at right tackle.
The Eagles have gotten down another receiver, as Nelson Agholor heads to the medical tent for concussion protocol. With Agholor in and out of the game, that would leave Philly with J.J. Arcega-Whiteside and Mack Hollins as the only healthy receivers.