Aside from the muddled situation at cornerback, the Pittsburgh Steelers have a healthy roster headed into Sunday’s game against the Jacksonville Jaguars.
Three relied-upon starters who spent time on the league-mandated official injury report this week all were full practice participants Friday and given the official green light to play Sunday.
Receiver Diontae Johnson had missed Thursday’s practice because of an apparent flare-up of a hamstring injury that had him on injured reserve for a month. Inside linebacker Cole Holcomb suffered an ankle injury during last week’s win at the Los Angeles Rams, and defensive lineman Larry Ogunjobi had a shoulder injury that prevented him from taking part in Thursday’s practice.
All were left off Friday’s status report in regard to facing the Jaguars during Sunday’s 1 p.m. kickoff at Acrisure Stadium.
Outside linebacker T.J. Watt was an addition to the weekly injury report, limited at Friday’s practice because of a heel injury that came to light last week. Just like against the Rams, the injury will not prevent Watt from playing Sunday.
Each of the two players who remain on injured reserve but are practicing — defensive lineman Cameron Heyward and reserve running back Anthony McFarland — went through a full session Friday. That’s notable in Heyward’s case because it is the first full practice he’s attended since September surgery on an injured groin.
McFarland must be added to the active roster at some point before Nov. 6.
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