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Steelers face early crisis as defensive captain suffers injury vs Bills

The Steelers' linebacker depth will be tested in a field-position battle against Buffalo.

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The Pittsburgh Steelers' defense has stifled the Buffalo Bills’ offense in the first half of their Week 13 matchup. Despite allowing 125 rushing yards in the first two quarters, the Steelers’ defense forced two timely takeaways to pitch an early shutout before the Bills knocked in a field goal just before the half.

Unfortunately, just before the two-minute warning struck, Steelers linebacker Patrick Queen went down with an apparent lower-body injury.