Safety Kyle Dugger officially joined the Steelers on Thursday. On Sunday, he was in the starting lineup.

For the new addition’s efforts in Pittsburgh’s 27-20 win over the Colts, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin awarded Dugger a game ball.

“Can’t say enough about Kyle Dugger,” Tomlin said in his postgame press conference. “Just gave him a game ball in there. This guy got on a moving train, man, and played a lot of defense for us today. And we needed it. We were really short at the safety position — coupled with (DeShon) Elliott’s injury, we had some illnesses and some soft tissue injuries. We were running super thin. and that dude came in here and gave us some quality work. And we were certainly appreciative of that.”

Dugger finished the game with four total tackles, playing 72 of 73 poss

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