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PITTSBURGH -- The Steelers difficult season just got worse.Defensive end Cameron Heyward (pectoral injury) said on his official Instagram account that he will miss the remainder of the 2016 season. A source said Heyward has a torn pectoral muscle that will likely require surgery. He suffered the injury in Sundays 35-30 loss to the Dallas Cowboys.The news about Heyward came shortly after Steelers coach Mike Tomlin announced that wide receiver Sammie Coates has been dealing with two broken fingers, which helps to explain his declining production.Tomlin on Tuesday cited Coates broken fingers on his hand limiting his ability as a wide receiver, and a source says Coates has fractured ring and index fingers on the same left hand, including tendon damage. He hurt the index finger in Week 5 against the New York Jets, and he fractured the ring finger in a later game.Heyward, a team captain who signed a six-year, $59-million extension in 2015, played his first 85 career NFL games without injury issues. This year, he will miss nine games with a hamstring injury and now pectoral injury.I would like to thank everyone who has been in my corner this season, Heyward wrote on Instagram. It pains me to say that I will not get to continue playing this season. My role will change as I cannot play but it will not change the goals the team has set out. My support for this team will only grow and I look forward in watching this team grow and fight on. Hate being on the sideline but there is a greater plan taking place. My patience will be tested but I look forward to 2017. My hand will remain in the pile no matter what!The Steelers were 22nd in the league in total defense (380.8 yards per game) with Heyward, who is considered a run-stopping stabilizer who can get pressure on the quarterback. Veteran Ricardo Mathews will likely start in Heywards place.Coates broke out with 421 yards and two touchdowns in his first five games, but he has four receiving yards in his past four games. Coates had zero catches on one target Sunday against Dallas.With Coates injury and veterans Darrius Heyward-Bey and Markus Wheaton (shoulder) still sidelined, Cobi Hamilton is getting first-team reps on the outside alongside Antonio Brown and slot receiver Eli Rogers. Stitched Blackhawks Jerseys . -- Aaron Murray threw for 408 yards and three touchdowns, ran for another score, and led No. Custom Chicago Blackhawks Jerseys . 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They stopped at several homes, including head coach Dabo Swinney, defensive tackles coach Dan Brooks and defensive coordinator Brent Venables.They loved it, Wilkins said of the coachs reactions. They just knew we were having fun and having a good time.Wilkins, a 6-foot-4, 310-pound sophomore, is leading the good times on the field for Clemsons defense, too.He tops the team in tackles for loss on a defense that was expected to need time to find its footing this season after losing seven starters from a group that won the ACC championship and was national runner up to Alabama. Instead, the versatile Wilkins has filled the void created by the NFL departures of defensive ends Shaq Lawson and Kevin Dodd.The Tigers (8-0, 5-0 Atlantic Coast Conference) play Syracuse (4-4, 2-2) on Saturday.Wilkins showed promise as a freshman last year, getting 84 tackles and two sacks to make an impact on a defense filled with upper classmen. His biggest highlight from 2015, though, may have come on special teams when he caught a 31-yard pass on a fake punt in the Orange Bowl to help spark a 37-17 win over Oklahoma.There are not many people who can move like he can move as big as he is, Swinney said.Perhaps thats why Wilkins had continued moonlighting on offense, becoming the teams first defensive lineman to catch a TD pass with his 1-yard grab in his teams 30-24 win over Troy on Sept. 10.Wilkins, though, understands his role and knows its disrupting quarterbacks and offenses. He and the Tigers did that to perfection to preserve a 37-34 win at Florida State last Saturday night. Wilkins, who finished with 1.5 of Clemsons six sacks, combined with teammate Dexter Lawrence to sack Seminoles quarterback DDeondre Francois on third down of Florida States final offensive series.ddddddddddddWilkins kept the pressure on until the Seminoles last snap, cluttering up the backfield and opening the way for linebacker Ben Boulwares game-clinching sack.Wilkins is a non-stop worker who keeps the team in good spirits with his up-beat attitude, Venables said. Thats an invaluable quality over a season in which Clemson is trying match its national rise from a year ago.From a preparation standpoint, we cant lose focus, Wilkins said. We have to prepare for every game like its Florida State, like its Louisville, like its the national championship.Clemson defense is 14th nationally in yards allowed and 11th in the Football Bowl Subdivision with 17.6 points given up a game. Wilkins said he and his teammates knew it was their time to take over and wanted to live up to Clemsons strong defensive history.Syracuse coach Dino Babers believes the Tigers have, knowing his offense will have a challenge like few others this season in penetrating Clemsons defense.This team has no weaknesses, Babers said. Their d-line, draft choices. Their linebackers, draft choices. Their DBs can cover and they are over six-feet in length and they are fast, draft choices.Wilkins is proud to lineup alongside his teammates. He was even happier that several -- tackles Dexter Lawrence, Carlos Watkins and Jabril Robinson, and end Clelin Ferrell -- agreed to his Power Ranger idea.Wilkins, who watched the show when he was a child, brings his fanboy sensibilities to the field, too. The linemen call themselves the Power Rangers and Wilkins said his sack celebration is of the super heroes morphing into their ranger persona.When that helmet comes on its morphing time, Wilkins said. 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