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Stephon Tuitt: Retires from NFL
Stephon Tuitt announced his retirement from the NFL on Wednesday.After missing the entire 2021 campaign while recovering from an injury, Tuitt decided to call it quits after eight seasons in the NFL. The 29-year-old finishes his career with 246 tackles including 34.5 sacks, six forced fumbles, an interception and 13 pass deflections over 91 games.
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Steelers' Stephon Tuitt: Placed on injured reserve
Stephon Tuitt was placed on injured reserve for an undisclosed reason Wednesday, Teresa Varley of the Pittsburgh Steelers' official site reports.Tuitt racked up a career-high 11 sacks across 15 appearances during the 2020 campaign, but he'll be sidelined for at least the first three weeks of the season in 2021. The specifics of the 28-year-old's injury haven't yet been revealed, but Henry Mondeaux and Isaiahh Loudermilk could see a slight uptick in playing time in his absence.
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Steelers' Stephon Tuitt: Tweaks deal with Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Steelers have converted $7.925 million of Stephon Tuitt's 2021 salary into signing bonus to create cap space, Field Yates of ESPN reports.The 28-year-old remains signed through the 2022 campaign after reaching a five-year, $60 million extension in September of 2017, and the restructure will open up $6.34 million in cap room this season. Tuitt totaled 45 tackles and a career-high 11 sacks in 15 games for Pittsburgh last season, and he'll remain a key contributor in 2021.
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Steelers' Stephon Tuitt: Finishes season with 11 sacks
Stephon Tuitt recorded three solo tackles, including one sack, in Sunday's 24-22 loss to the Browns.Tuitt saw a significant snap count in the Pittsburgh Steelers' regular-season finale, and he recorded a sack for the fourth time in the past five weeks. The 27-year-old generated 45 tackles (33 solo) during the regular season. Tuitt also had 11 sacks, by far the highest mark of his career. He'll enter the final year of his contract during his age-28 season in 2021.
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Steelers' Stephon Tuitt: Good to go Week 16
Stephon Tuitt (back) doesn't have an injury designation for Sunday's game against the Colts, Dale Lolley of DKPittsburghSports.com reports.The 27-year-old sat out the first two practices of the week due to the back issue, but he was able to practice with no limitations Friday to avoid the questionable tag. Tuitt has a career-high nine sacks in 13 games this season.
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Steelers' Stephon Tuitt: Managing back injury
Stephon Tuitt (back) did not practice Wednesday, Dale Lolley of DKPittsburghSports.com reports.The Pittsburgh Steelers are facing a short week of practice ahead of Sunday's game against the Colts, so it's possible that load management is playing a role in Tuitt's absence. The starting defensive end will have two more chances to resume practicing before the Steelers assign him a Week 16 injury designation.
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Steelers' Stephon Tuitt: Activated off COVID list
Stephon Tuitt (undisclosed) has officially been activated off the Pittsburgh Steelers' reserve/COVID-19 list, Mark Kaboly of The Athletic reports.It remains unclear if Tuitt actually tested positive for the illness or simply had close contact with somebody who has. Barring any setbacks, he is now on track to resume his usual role at defensive end in Monday's matchup with the Washington Football Team.
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Steelers' Stephon Tuitt: Lands on COVID list
The Pittsburgh Steelers have officially placed Stephon Tuitt on the reserve/COVID-19 list.It is unclear whether Tuitt has actually tested positive for the illness or if he just had close contact with someone who has. The Steelers' game versus the Ravens has been pushed back until Tuesday, so he will need to be cleared prior to then for any chance at suiting up this week. He currently ranks fifth on the team in tackles with 31 (22 solo) to go along with six sacks.
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Steelers' Stephon Tuitt: Forces fumble against Jacksonville
Stephon Tuitt recorded a sack, a forced fumble and one defensed pass in Sunday's 27-3 win over the Jaguars.Tuitt was the first of two Pittsburgh Steelers to bring down Jake Luton in Sunday's win, and he forced a fumble on the play that was recovered by Jacksonville. The 27-year-old has now set his career-high sack total over the first 10 games of 2020.
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Steelers' Stephon Tuitt: Lives in Baltimore's backfield
Stephon Tuitt totaled nine tackles (eight solo), two sacks and three tackles for loss in Sunday's 28-24 win over the Ravens.Tuitt was a disruptive force, often forcing negative plays in Baltimore's backfield and laying three hits on quarterback Lamar Jackson. He has six sacks in seven games, leaving Tuitt just half a sack short of tying the career high he set back in 2015.
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