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Keanu Neal: Let go by Pittsburgh
The Steelers released Keanu Neal (ribs) with a failed physical designation Thursday, Teresa Varley of the team's official site reports.The Steelers signed Neal to a two-year contract last March, with Mike DeFabo of The Athletic relaying that Thursday's move saves the Steelers about $2.25 million in terms of their salary cap, while carrying $460,000 in dead money. Prior to being placed on IR with a rib injury this past November, Neal recorded 50 tackles and an interception in nine games. In the wake of Neal's looming departure, Minkah Fitzpatrick and Damontae Kazee profile as Pittsburgh's top returning options at safety.
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Steelers' Keanu Neal: Lands on IR
Keanu Neal (ribs) was placed on injured reserve Saturday.The veteran safety was held out of practice all week after suffering a ribs injury during the Pittsburgh Steelers' Week 10 win over the Packers, and he'll be forced to miss the team's next four games after going on IR. Neal was able to record 50 total tackles, two pass deflections and one interception in the nine games before his injury. Damontae Kazee is expected to start at strong safety until Neal can return to the field.
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Steelers' Keanu Neal: Sitting out Week 11
Keanu Neal (ribs) has been ruled out of Sunday's game against the Browns, Teresa Varley of the Pittsburgh Steelers' official site reports.Neal has seen an increased role over the past three weeks while Minkah Fitzpatrick has been absent due to a hamstring issue, but the former will now be forced to sit out as well. That will likely mean that Damontae Kazee and Elijah Riley will be very busy Sunday versus Cleveland. Neal wasn't able to practice at all this week, so his status for Week 12 against Cincinnati is up in the air as well.
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Steelers' Keanu Neal: Sits out practice Wednesday
Keanu Neal did not participate in practice Wednesday due to a rib injury.Neal tallied a season-high eight tackles along with his first interception of the season when he caught a tipped pass during the fourth quarter of Sunday's 23-19 win against Green Bay. However, he apparently came down on the ball awkwardly while being tackled on the play and had to be attended to by members of Pittsburgh's training staff, according to Alan Saunders of SteelersNow.com. While Neal never received an official injury designation in-game and said he would be "okay" postgame, it appears this injury kept him sidelined for the Pittsburgh Steelers' first practice session Week 11. The starting strong safety will now have two more sessions to improve his status before Sunday's divisional matchup at Cleveland.
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Steelers' Keanu Neal: Snags interception in win
Keanu Neal recorded eight tackles (four solo), while intercepting a pass and deflecting another in Sunday's 23-19 win over the Packers.Neal was able to snatch an interception off of a pass deflection by Patrick Peterson in the fourth quarter, notching his first pick of the year. The eight tackles also represented a season high for the safety, who has now compiled 22 tackles, a fumble recovery and a pass deflection on top of the interception over the last three weeks.
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Steelers' Keanu Neal: Five tackles in team debut
Keanu Neal recorded five tackles (two solo) in Sunday's 30-7 loss to the 49ers.Neal signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers in the offseason and he had productive debut with the team considering he only played 48 percent of the defensive snaps. His workload will likely increase as the season goes on, therefore his production will go up as well.
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Steelers' Keanu Neal: Finding role with Pittsburgh
Keanu Neal is expected to be a significant and versatile piece of the Pittsburgh Steelers defense this season, Joe Rutter of TribLive.com reports.Neal signed a two-year deal with Pittsburgh in March after spending last season on the Buccaneers. The veteran safety has spent time all over the field on defense in practice, seeing snaps at strong safety, while also as a third safety playing more in the box. His physical presence and versatility should lead to a significant role in Steelers' secondary this season.
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Steelers' Keanu Neal: Officially signs with Steelers
The Pittsburgh Steelers signed Keanu Neal (hip) to a two-year contract Thursday, Aaron Wilson of KPRC 2 Houston reports.As expected, Neal will join Pittsburgh in 2023 where he'll pursue his eighth year of professional ball. Across the last two seasons as a member of both the Cowboys and Buccaneers, the 2017 Pro-Bowler has more or less switched off between being a starter as well as a rotational secondary piece. Neal is now in line to compete with Damontae Kazee throughout the offseason for an opportunity to start next to fellow safety Minkah Fitzpatrick.
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Keanu Neal: Likely moving to Pittsburgh
Keanu Neal (hip) is expected to sign with the Steelers, Chris Halicke of DKPittsburghSports.com reports.Neal, a 2016 first-round pick and Pro-Bowler, appears as if he'll pursue his eighth campaign in the NFL as a member of the Steelers. The 27-year-old spent the first five years of his career in Atlanta before suiting up for the Cowboys in 2021 and eventually for the Buccaneers in 2022. Across 17 appearances last season, Neal amassed 63 tackles, four passes defensed and one interception.
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Buccaneers' Keanu Neal: Won't play against Dallas
Keanu Neal (hip) has been ruled inactive prior to Monday's wild-card game against the Cowboys.Neal sustained a hip injury during the regular-season finale against Atlanta. While he was able to practice in full during each session heading into the playoffs, the 27-year-old won't be able to suit up for this home postseason contest. As a result, Logan Ryan will serve as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers' only available safety behind starters Antoine Winfield and Mike Edwards.
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