Steelers star safety Polamalu may not return this season

With only four games left for the season and his left knee still not fine to work on field, the Pittsburgh Steelers star safety Troy Polamalu begins to feel that he may not be back on field for the rest of season.

Although his latest injury to his posterior cruciate ligament was originally considered to be less severe than the anterior cruciate ligament injury that kept him out of the Steelers’ second through fifth games, it has already kept him out for the Steelers’ last three games and will keep him out for fourth consecutive game when the Steelers play against the Cleveland Browns on Thursday night.

After the game against the Browns, Polamalu will have 10 days to prepare for the next game on Dec. 20 against the Green Bay Packers. But by so far the No. 43 Troy Polamalu jersey has not appeared in any Steelers practice, so it remains uncertain whether the star safety could return on field before the season ends.