Each of the four starters who missed the Pittsburgh Steelers’ most recent game because of injury, and two others who left that win at Los Angeles early, were full participants in practice Thursday.
Receiver James Washington (shoulder), running back Jaylen Samuels (knee), cornerback Steve Nelson (groin) and linebacker Mark Barron (hamstring) are on track to play Monday night against the Miami Dolphins. The same can be said for cornerbacks Joe Haden (groin) and Mike Hilton (calf), each of whom left the 24-17 win Oct. 13 against the Chargers early after being injured.
Jaylen Samuels on how well he is progressing in his recovery from knee surgery pic.twitter.com/r6CTzpucrs
— Chris Adamski (@C_AdamskiTrib) October 23, 2019
Outside linebacker T.J. Watt also did not finish that game. He practiced Thursday in a limited fashion.
“I feel a lot better,” Watt said before practice. “Day by day. We will see where we are on Monday night.”
The Steelers could have fullback/special teamer Roosevelt Nix back for the first time since he had knee surgery after Week 1. Nix was listed as a full participant Thursday.
Quarterback Mason Rudolph and tight end Vance McDonald also were on the injury report, but they practiced fully and barring a setback will play against Miami. Rudolph has been cleared from concussion protocol, and McDonald has had a nagging shoulder injury.Receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster was the only Steelers player absent from practice Thursday, but he was excused because of illness.
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