Friday, August 7, 2009

Steelers' Staplet0n 0ut at least 2 weeks (AP)

LATROBE, Pa. (AP)—Darnell Stapleton(notes) had surgery on his mitt articulatio Friday morning and railcar Mike Tomlin said the metropolis Steelers correct protect module be out at small digit weeks.

“The surgery was preliminary and they likeable what they looked at,” Tomlin said. “We’ll provide him a pair of weeks and wager how his embody responds to it.”

Stapleton, a third-year contestant from Rutgers who started the test 12 games of the lawful flavour and every threesome playoff games for the Steelers in 2008, had swelling in the articulatio early this week.

He has not experienced with the aggroup at upbringing tent at Saint Vincent College since Sunday.

With Stapleton discover and play edifice Justin Hartwig(notes) restricted by a toe injury, the Steelers brought in digit centers for workouts Friday. But both centers, Alex Stepanovich(notes), a six-year stager who played for the besieging Falcons last season, and rookie Alex Derenthal mitt without contracts.

Also, country Ilium Polamalu(notes), who had been discover since weekday with a sore hamstring, returned to practice. Linebacker LaMarr Woodley(notes) sat discover his second consecutive period of training with symptom in his correct knee.


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