NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) – Pittsburgh quarterback Dennis Dixon has left the game against Tennessee after hurting his left knee and his return is questionable.
Dixon’s last play was a 7-yard run to set up Jeff Reed’s 36-yard field goal to start the second quarter. Charlie Batch came out for the next Steelers’ series.
Dixon jogged lightly on the sideline, then talked with trainers before walking to a cart. He got on the back and put a towel over his head and rode to the locker room, gently flexing his left knee.
He was 4 of 6 for 18 yards when he left.
Dixon was starting in place of the suspended Ben Roethlisberger.
The Steelers cut Byron Leftwich on Saturday to clear space for an extra defensive lineman. Dixon tore the anterior cruciate ligament in the same knee while in college.
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