Bad news for Pittsburgh Steelers’ veteran Damontae Kazee. Per the PPG’s Gerry Dulac, he suffered a serious wrist injury that will require surgery and send him to injured reserve. Dulac tweeted the news moments ago.
Bad news for Steelers: Backup safety Damontae Kazee needs surgery on injured wrist/arm and will go on IR.
— Gerry Dulac (@gerrydulac) August 29, 2022
Kazee suffered the injury after making a sideline tackle in the second half. Signed right as the 2022 NFL Draft was wrapping up, Kazee began training camp as the team’s first-string free safety in place of Minkah Fitzpatrick, who began the year on NFI due to his own but less severe wrist injury.