DeShon Elliott hurt his left knee in the second quarter, exited immediately and didn't return.

I asked him afterward, in the most general way possible, if he's positive or negative about his prognosis, and he returned a thumbs up and replied, "It'll be fine."

All Mike Tomlin would say about Elliott's injury was that it's "being evaluated."

Also from this game:

• Joey Porter's "hamstring got tight, and we shut him down so it didn't get any worse," Tomlin would say, referring to the third quarter. I checked with Porter, and he shrugged it off.

• Malik Harrison (knee) exited in the fourth quarter and didn't return.

• Cam Heyward was poked in the eye in the fourth quarter but returned.

Among the inactives with listed injuries: Nick Herbig (hamstring), Derrick Harmon (knee) and Skylar Thompson (hamstring), though Thompson was listed as the third quarterback.

The only players who didn't see a snap were Mason Rudolph and Calvin Anderson.