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Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said that defensive lineman Daniel Ekuale suffered a significant knee injury in his postgame press conference on Sunday night and it will bring an end to his season.

NFL Media reports that Ekuale tore his ACL in the first half of the game. The injury happened on the only snap that Ekuale played in the 35-25 Steelers loss.

Ekuale appeared in all seven games that the Steelers have played this season. He had six tackles, a quarterback hit and a pass defensed in those appearances.

Tomlin also called safety DeShon Elliott's knee injury significant, but there has yet to be an update on his diagnosis.

Bengals quarterback Joe Flacco did not miss any snaps after briefly going into the locker room in the fourth quarter of Sunday's loss to the Jets, but it looks like he will be on the team's injury report this week.

Head coach Zac Taylor said at a Monday press conference that Flacco is day-to-day with a shoulder injury. Flacco left the field after being sacked by Jets edge rusher Will McDonald, but returned for the final offensive possession of the game and said he was feeling well after the game.

"I had something happen, wasn't feeling 100 percent," Flacco said, via a transcript from the team. "Just trying to make sure something was right. . . . Landed a little awkward. I feel good right now."

Jake Browning started three games before the Bengals traded for Flacco and was warming up before Flacco returned to the field on Sunday. He would be in line to start against the Bears if Flacco isn't good to go in Week 9.

Sunday was a very big day for big-play running backs in the NFL.

Four different running backs ran for more than 100 yards and averaged more than 10 yards per carry on Sunday: Bills running back James Cook had 19 carries for 216 yards, Colts running back Jonathan Taylor had 12 carries for 153 yards, Eagles running back Saquon Barkley had 14 carries for 150 yards and Eagles running back Tank Bigsby had nine carries for 104 yards.

On a day of blowouts across the NFL, it's no surprise that those running backs led their teams to big wins: Cook and the Bills won 40-9, Taylor and the Colts won 38-14 and Barkley and Bigsby led the Eagles to a 38-20 win.

It was the first time four different running backs topped 100 yards and 10 yards per carry on the same day since 1991.