Crucial update released on Minkah Fitzpatrick

The Pittsburgh Steelers have been anything but fully healthy this season, and it seemed as though they were going to be without a crucial member of their team for an indefinite period of time. 

Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick underwent an emergency appendectomy after alerting team doctors, and was told that it could be anywhere from 10 days to two weeks before it was safe for him to be back in action. However, he was back out on the practice field on Thursday, and looked as though he didn't miss a beat.

And according to the Steelers, he'll be good to play tomorrow.

"Reports regarding Minkah and his inclusion this week are really positive," head coach Mike Tomlin said this week. "I know that he's already been here and run [Tuesday]. I saw him Sunday at the stadium, and Minkah wanted to play on Sunday. Obviously, that wasn't the appropriate thing to do, but that's just the mentality that he brings in. Oftentimes, when you're talking about injury or being unavailable, coming back from lack of availability, your attitude has a lot to do with it and so we're really optimistic about him."

"It looked like there was no drop-off," Damontae Kazee said. "It don't look like he got surgery to me."

"That's the dog in him, man," Kazee continued. "I always tell Minkah, when I go home, I'll be watching film. I got to steal certain techniques of his that he does at practice. So I think it's pretty cool."

The Steelers take on the Cincinnati Bengals tomorrow afternoon at home.