Offensive coordinator Todd Haley hasn’t been able to join the rest of the Steelers as they spend this first-round bye getting ready for the Divisional round of the playoffs. Haley is recovering from a hip injury he sustained outside of a Pittsburgh bar on New Year’s Eve.
Steelers OC Todd Haley injured hip after reported altercation outside of Pittsburgh bar
Haley is expected to be back on the job later this week.
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Jeanna Kelley has been covering the Falcons for The Falcoholic since 2011 and the NFL for SB Nation since 2015.
According to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, Haley suffered “a shattered pelvis and a badly bruised left side.”
The Pittsburgh Police Department confirmed to SB Nation that officers were called to the Tequila Cowboy restaurant on North Shore Drive near Heinz Field over a “minor scuffle” involving Haley’s wife, Christine, shortly after midnight, Jan. 1, 2018.
“The scuffle was quickly ended,” a police spokeswoman said in a statement provided to SB Nation. “Todd Haley was reportedly not involved nor injured during this incident. Todd and Christine Haley were escorted out.”
But after Haley and his wife left the bar, Haley was reportedly shoved down. That’s when the injury occurred. A source confirmed to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Ed Bouchett and Shelly Bradbury that Haley injured his hip.
The team confirmed on Tuesday that Haley suffered an injury, though it did not share specifics. The Steelers don’t expect Haley to be sidelined for long.
And he wouldn’t be. Haley was back with the Steelers on Wednesday:
The Pittsburgh Police Department did not have any further information about what occurred outside of the bar.
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