Things have gone from bad to worse on the injury front for Pittsburgh Steelers left tackle Broderick Jones.
Head coach Mike Tomlin ruled out Jones days before the Steelers were set to host the Buffalo Bills in Week 13. Then Saturday, the Steelers placed Jones on injured reserve, sidelining him until Week 17.
On Sunday, The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Gerry Dulac reported Jones will be out longer than that. Dulac posted on social media Jones will not play again this season.
Jones is dealing with a neck injury he sustained on November 23 against the Chicago Bears.
“Broderick Jones has a neck injury that is more serious than originally though and will miss the remainder of the 2025 season, per sources,” wrote Dulac.
Without Jones against the Bills, the Steelers will start veteran offensive lineman Andrus Peat at left tackle. Peat has been active for only one other game for Pittsburgh this season. It will be his first start at left tackle since 2023.
The Bills matchup will be the first game Jones misses in his three-year NFL career.
Along with Jones, cornerback Darius Slay, defensive linemen Logan Lee and Derrick Harmon, wide receiver Scotty Miller and quarterback Will Howard will not play versus the Bills on Sunday. The Steelers included those five players on their inactive list an hour and a half before kickoff on November 30.
Howard, though, will serve as the team’s emergency No. 3 quarterback.
The Bills are visiting the Steelers at Acrisure Stadium on Sunday. Kickoff will occur at 4:25 pm ET.
Steelers to Lose Broderick Jones for Rest of 2025 NFL Season: Report
Jones struggled in his first two seasons after the team traded up in the first round for the tackle during the 2023 draft. But in 2023 and 2024, Jones split his time between left and right tackle.
At only left tackle this year, Jones has been better, especially after a slow start to the regular season. Most pundits have argued on social media he’s improved drastically, especially in pass protection, over the past several weeks.
That makes the timing of Jones’s injury all the more frustrating. In Week 12, Jones exited after getting hit high while in pass protection.
Of course, Jones’s ailment isn’t just potentially bad for his development. The Steelers young offensive line has improved overall this season. But unless Jones returns sooner than Dulac expects, the team will have to move forward without their top tackle on the quarterback’s blindside.
At the very least, the Steelers will be without Jones for four games.
In addition to Peat, the Steelers have Calvin Anderson as an option for left tackle. Anderson has dressed for eight games versus Peat’s one this season. But Peat has a lot more career experience.
Anderson hasn’t started an NFL game since 2023.
Steelers’ Aaron Rodgers Plan in Week 13
The good news for Pittsburgh on the injury front is quarterback Aaron Rodgers will be back behind center. But although he’s back, Rodgers still has a fracture in his left wrist.
FOX Sports’ Jay Glazer reported the Steelers plan to use the pistol formation to protect the 41-year-old quarterback versus the Bills.
Tomlin and the Steelers always want to establish a running game. But that will be paramount Sunday with Rodgers already banged up and a backup set to start at left tackle for Jones.
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