PITTSBURGH (93.7 The Fan) – Two of the key Steelers players confirming they will be ready to play on Sunday. Diontae Johnson telling the Fan he will return after missing all but slightly over two quarters this year with a groin injury.
Watt's was a practice report surprise on Thursday, placed there due to a heel injury. The All-Pro outside linebacker said after the final practice on Friday.
"Yeah, it was minor," Watt said. "I was able to practice today."
He had also injured the pinky finger on his left hand on about the seventh or eighth play of the game against the Ravens. He said it's something he will have to deal with for a couple of games until it gets back. He said it's something he can manage and really didn't feel it until after the Baltimore game.
"You have so much adrenaline on game day you can't really process how much pain you have until after the game is over," Watt said.
He said a lot of the injuries are manageable as long as he's able to play without risking further injury. Watt explained how he popped the finger back in, but said usually the fingers pop back in themselves. He said when you've played football for a while, you get used to those things happening.
He said he knew this was different when he took his glove off after the game he saw his finger 'looked like the inside of a hamburger patty'.
