The offseason is going to be a tough one for the Pittsburgh Steelers following their frustrating 45-42 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars during the AFC Divisional Round, but it likely will be even tougher for Steelers wide receiver Eli Rogers.
According to Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, the severity of Rogers' right knee injury he suffered on the Steelers' final drive was revealed as a right anterior cruciate ligament tear.
Eli Rogers is restricted free agent whose 2018 season could be affected by ACL tear. https://t.co/ktrdG0meLs via @PittsburghPG
— Gerry Dulac (@gerrydulac) January 19, 2018
This could indeed put the beginning of Rogers' 2018-19 campaign in jeopardy with the news of his torn ACL. Rogers saw a noticeable reduction in his playing time this season due to the emergence of rising star and rookie wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and the return of wide receiver Martavis Bryant from his season-long suspension in 2016-17.
After the disappointing loss to the Jags at Heinz Field last Sunday, Rogers took to Twitter to say that this was only a minor setback and thanked his supporters for their kind words.
https://twitter.com/__bELIeve17/status/952690065267941377
https://twitter.com/__bELIeve17/status/952707956201713664
Rogers will be a restricted free agent this offseason, so his torn ACL comes at a really bad time. Then again, a torn ACL is never a good thing for anyone.
In 14 regular season games this year for the Steelers, Rogers only was able to haul in 18 receptions for 149 yards and one touchdown catch. During the 2016-17 season when he had a larger role, Rogers had 48 receptions for 594 yards and three touchdown catches in 13 contests.
On Sunday against Jacksonville, before he got hurt on Pittsburgh's final drive, the undrafted free agent out of the University of Louisville had five receptions on five targets for 42 yards.
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