Steelers GM Says RB Rashard Mendenhall, NT Casey Hampton Likely To Start Year On PUP

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Steelers running back Rashard Mendenhall tore the ACL in his right knee Jan. 1 in Cleveland and is still recuperating. Steelers general manager Kevin Colbert said that he believes Mendenhall and nose tackle Casey Hampton won't be ready for the start of the season. “My guess is they’ll open the season on PUP (the physically unable to perform list),” Colbert said according to Scott Brown of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “You’ve got to remember both of those injuries happened late in the year.” Mendenhall and Hampton, each of whom is in the final year of his contract, wouldn’t be eligible to play until after the Steelers’ sixth game if they start the season on the PUP list.

Source: The Redzone