If all you saw on social media on Monday was that Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver James Washington wasn’t at practice your mind might stray off to a dark place where the Steelers have stashed him away to trade Washington before this week’s preseason game against the Philadelphia Eagles.
However, according to head coach Mike Tomlin, Washington’s absence was injury-related and nothing nefarious. Washington suffered a knee injury and had to leave practice on Sunday so being missing on Monday was just an extension of that.
According to Tomlin, he will have an update on Washington on Tuesday. It was reported after last week’s preseason game that Washington had requested a trade. A report Tomlin quickly shot down when asked about it.
