For the second straight season, it appears that Senquez Golson's season is over before it began.

Golson, the team's second round pick in 2015, is not expected to play in 2016, according to Bob Labriola of Steelers.com. Golson is expected to be out 3-4 months after undergoing surgery to repair the Lisfranc injury he suffered in training camp.

"As for playing this season, that sounds impossible to me at this stage, because Golson has only participated in a handful of practices during his time here," Labriola wrote. "Expecting him to overcome his injury and then play in meaningful regular season games, with virtually no practice time at the NFL level under his belt, doesn’t seem to me to be very realistic, or smart."

Labriola also doesn't expect the team to waive him, given the monetary losses the team would suffer by parting with Golson during his second season under contract. Instead, Labriola thinks that the team will handle Golson's situation the same way they dealt with Sean Spence, who as a rookie suffered a torn ACL and LCL along with a dislocated kneecap during the 2012 preseason. After sitting out both the 2012 and '13 seasons, Spence started 13 games over the past two seasons, and played well enough to be picked up by the Titans after Pittsburgh let him test the open market this past offseason.

After undergoing shoulder surgery during last year's training camp, Golson was hoping to make an impact in Pittsburgh's secondary in 2016. But now, it appears that he will have to wait another season to show the Steelers what he can do on game day.

With Golson out, and with Artie Burns struggling though minor injuries, the Steelers will lean even more on Ross Cockrell, William Gay, Doran Grant and Sean Davis, as Pittsburgh's secondary looks to overcome injuries once again while showing that they are a better unit than the one that finished 30th in passing yards allowed per game in 2015.