Steelers upbeat on Polamalu

Polamalu: PCL sprain

It's really encouraging, more encouraging, really, than originally anticipated.

Mike Tomlin
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Pittsburgh head coach Mike Tomlin revealed Troy Polamalu is "questionable at best" for the Steelers' week 11 trip to the Kansas City Chiefs.

Polamalu, a five-time Pro Bowl safety, injured his left knee during the opening series of his side's 18-12 defeat against the Bengals last Sunday.

He was sent for an MRI scan which revealed a strained posterior cruciate ligament (PCL).

"We have had some favorable information on where Troy is from a health standpoint," Tomlin said on Tuesday.

"We're simply going to take it day-to-day with him. I spoke with him and visited with him (Monday) and he's in a great frame of mind.

"He feels really good, but we're going to follow the expert advice we get from our medical staff in terms of how we proceed.

Encouraging

"In the short term, we're going to take it day-to-day and see how he feels when he comes into the building on Wednesday. But it's really encouraging, more encouraging, really, than originally anticipated."

Polamalu's injury is not related to the problem in the same knee, an MCL sprain, that sidelined him for four games earlier in the season.

"It's a PCL strain, as opposed to the last time when it was an MCL injury," added Tomlin.

"This is a PCL injury that happens to be to the same knee, but there is no setback in regards to his MCL. We'll let that run its course and see how he feels, and of course, listen to the advice of the medical staff.

"Everyone's initial response was that it was a recurrence of the same injury that had happened in the early part of the year.

"That appears not to be the case. It's on the same knee, but it's not a re-injury."