Lamarr Woodley Injury: Huge Win over Patriots Overshadowed by Loss of Star LB

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The Pittsburgh Steelers got a huge win today over the New England Patriots 25-17 at home.

Even though it will go down as the marquee game of this still relatively young season for the Steelers, they still have a ton of questions to answer.

There is no doubting that they've been beat up for a majority of the season, and kudos to them for persevering through a ton of those injuries on their way to a 6-2 record.

That being said, this is a banged up team that can't afford may more set-backs, so the latest bite by the injury bug may have overshadowed such a good win against their huge rivals:

Rotoworld.com reports more on the Steelers latest injury:

Steelers OLB LaMarr Woodley was forced from Sunday's game against the Patriots with a hamstring injury. Woodley appeared likely to re-enter the game after leaving midway through the third quarter, but eventually took off his helmet and never returned. It's bad news for a pass rush already missing James Farrior and James Harrison, but NFL.com's Albert Breer reports the injury is "just a cramp." Woodley's status should be updated at coach Mike Tomlin's Monday press conference.

Thankfully the injury doesn't look to be horrible, or at least that's what Woodley made it sound like.

The problem with hamstring injuries are that they have this horrible tendency to linger. So while Woodley may feel okay today, I can all but guarantee you he's going to really tighten up tomorrow.

The Steelers are really going to have to monitor his reps in practice, as well as how he handles the next game situation he is in.

This doesn't seem like a huge injury, but given the amount of issues the Patriots have run into so far, every little thing hurts just as much.

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