James Harrison and Jason Worilds to be ready to play in Denver

James Harrison and Jason Worilds to be ready to play in Denver

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Steelers Depot is reporting that linebackers James Harrison and Jason Worilds, both taken off the PUP list just days ago, will be ready to play in the season opener in Denver on Sept. 9. This is welcome news for a linebacking unit that lost promising looking rookie Sean Spence for the season to a severe knee injury late in the third quarter in the Steelers' 17-16 win Thursday over the Carolina Panthers in the final pre-season game of 2012. Spence tore his ACL, LCL, and dislocated his knee cap when he got his foot caught in the turf and bent his leg backwards at the knee.

Harrison has been battling a nagging knee injury that required him to get arthroscopic knee surgery two weeks ago to clean out some irritation behind the knee cap. He had been tight lipped about his status since the procedure, causing fans and the media to speculate he may not be ready for the Denver game. Coach Mike Tomlin's displeasure with Isaac Redman talking about his injuries to the media was the likely impetus behind Harrison's unwillingness to talk about the injury more. Well, that and his normal demeanor when dealing with the media.

Worilds had been recovering from a wrist injury and hasn't seen any playing time this pre-season. He was reportedly ready to play as soon as he was released from the PUP list recently but was held out of action by the coaching staff for some unknown reason causing speculation on his true status as well.

Both apparently will be ready to help this injury besieged team in Denver at a time when they sure could use it. This should help to ease the pain within Steelers Nation of the rash of pre-season injuries Pittsburgh has suffered.

I almost feel sorry for Manning, ALMOST!

Deebo has been patiently waiting to get back on the field. His short interviews and no-nonesense the last few weeks shows that he has ready to kill someone or something.

stlrtruck wrote:

I almost feel sorry for Manning, ALMOST!

Deebo has been patiently waiting to get back on the field. His short interviews and no-nonesense the last few weeks shows that he has ready to kill someone or something

i hope its something rather than someone we can't afford to lose any more players

This is great news. More depth and our main starter is back. Too bad Spence and DeCastro both got hurt.

Good news as long as Harrison is fully healthy. I am hoping he is not coming back too early and messes his back up. If he can't make it through the season this year, I am guessing it will be his last year.

lvsteelersfan wrote:

Good news as long as Harrison is fully healthy. I am hoping he is not coming back too early and messes his back up. If he can't make it through the season this year, I am guessing it will be his last year.

I'm with you on this one. I'd rather he miss a few games early rather than come back too soon and make the injury worse. If he's really ready, great. If not, let's not rush him back.

Wallace108 wrote:

lvsteelersfan wrote:

Good news as long as Harrison is fully healthy. I am hoping he is not coming back too early and messes his back up. If he can't make it through the season this year, I am guessing it will be his last year.

I'm with you on this one. I'd rather he miss a few games early rather than come back too soon and make the injury worse. If he's really ready, great. If not, let's not rush him back.

I'm with you guys on this one. We need James long-term and I don't want to see him re-injure his back or knee coming back too early. I hope they at least rotate him out with Carter often to reduce the risk.

I just imagine that having to tell Deebo to sit is quite an intimidating task.