For only the third time over his five seasons since he joined the team, Terrell Edmunds was unavailable to play for the Pittsburgh Steelers during their game Saturday.
Edmunds did not practice all week because of a hamstring injury, and he was one of five players on the list of inactives the Steelers released 90 minutes prior to the Christmas Eve night game at Acrisure Stadium.
A first-round pick in 2018, Edmunds had appeared in 79 of the 81 games (including playoffs) the Steelers had played over his career. One of the previous ones he missed was the Oct. 9 loss to the Buffalo Bills. Edmunds had a concussion then. The Steelers promoted Elijah Riley from their practice squad to the active roster earlier Saturday in an effort to help pick up the slack at safety against the Raiders.
None of the Steelers’ other inactives was unexpected. The two players listed as questionable to play on the final league-mandated injury report of the week — linebacker Myles Jack (groin) and receiver Diontae Johnson (toe) — were in uniform against Las Vegas.
Jack returned from a one-game injury absence. Rookie Mark Robinson, as a result, “earned a hat” last week for the game at the Carolina Panthers. But Robinson was inactive again Saturday.
No. 3 quarterback Mason Rudolph also was back on the inactives list a week after he’d been in uniform for the first time this season. Starter Kenny Pickett sat out the Panthers game because of concussion protocol.
Interior offensive lineman Kendrick Green and recently-signed offensive lineman Jonathan Marshall were the Steelers’ other inactives.
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