{"id":102980,"date":"2025-10-05T01:39:38","date_gmt":"2025-10-05T01:39:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=102980"},"modified":"2025-10-05T01:39:38","modified_gmt":"2025-10-05T01:39:38","slug":"%f0%9f%9a%a8-breaking-news-steelers-receive-a-positive-update-on-calvin-austin-iiis-injury-easing-fears-and-boosting-confidence-hell-return-to-action-soon","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=102980","title":{"rendered":"\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING NEWS: Steelers receive a positive update on Calvin Austin III\u2019s injury, easing fears and boosting confidence he\u2019ll return to action soon"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\">\n<figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2234171123.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2234171123.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2234171123.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/GettyImages-2234171123.jpg?quality=35&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Steelers Get Positive Update on Calvin Austin III Injury: Report\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" \/><\/figure>\n<div>\n<p>Getty<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic&#8217;s Mike DeFabo reported x-rays came back negative for Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Calvin Austin III.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers are dealing with a couple new potentially significant injuries during their bye week. But it\u2019s possible the ailment to wide receiver Calvin Austin III isn\u2019t as bad as initially expected.<\/p>\n<p>The Athletic\u2019s Mike DeFabo reported Friday that x-rays to Austin\u2019s shoulder came back negative. DeFabo called the update \u201cgood news\u201d and stopped short of reporting that the receiver will definitely miss games.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI do not know yet if he\u2019ll miss time with injury or not,\u201d DeFabo wrote. \u201cIf he does, this could be [Roman] Wilson\u2019s best chance to prove that he deserves a bigger piece of the pie moving forward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Austin left last Sunday\u2019s Week 4 matchup against the Minnesota Vikings. He underwent further evaluation at the hospital in Dublin.<\/p>\n<p>The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\u2019s Gerry Dulac reported a day after the injury that Austin was \u201cexpected to miss at least several games.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Will Steelers WR Calvin Austin III Miss Any Time From Shoulder Injury?<\/h2>\n<p>It\u2019s probably wishful thinking to hope Austin doesn\u2019t miss any games. While DeFabo wouldn\u2019t confirm that\u2019s going to happen, Dulac\u2019s report suggested an IR stint was likely for receiver.<\/p>\n<p>But with x-rays negative, Austin could avoid the injured list and return sooner than originally expected. It helps that the Steelers are on a bye for Week 5, and Austin is receiving an extra week of rest.<\/p>\n<p>In four games this season, Austin has posted 10 catches for 139 yards with two touchdowns. He had two receptions for 13 yards before exiting in Week 4.<\/p>\n<p>Austin broke out with 36 catches and 548 receiving yards, averaging 15.2 yards per reception, last season. Although his statistics don\u2019t look incredibly impressive yet in 2025, Austin is averaging more receptions and receiving yards per game than a year ago.<\/p>\n<p>Dave Holcomb is a sports reporter covering the NFL and MLB for Heavy.com, with a focus on the Pittsburgh Steelers, Philadelphia Eagles and Detroit Lions. Originally from Pittsburgh, Holcomb has covered college and professional sports for outlets including FanSided, Rotowire and Yardbarker. More about Dave Holcomb<\/p>\n<h2>More Heavy on Steelers<\/h2>\n<p>Loading more stories<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Athletic&#8217;s Mike DeFabo reported x-rays came back negative for Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Calvin Austin III.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":102981,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-102980","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING NEWS: Steelers receive a positive update on Calvin Austin III\u2019s injury, easing fears and boosting confidence he\u2019ll return to action soon - NEWS USA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.azontree.com\/?p=102980\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"\ud83d\udea8 BREAKING NEWS: Steelers receive a positive update on Calvin Austin III\u2019s injury, easing fears and boosting confidence he\u2019ll return to action soon - 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