Steelers Announce Surprising Inactive Against Browns

Secondary is Fully Healthy

For the first time since the first half of Week 1, Pittsburgh will have all of its starters in the secondary available.

It originally didn't seem as though Ramsey had much of a chance to play against the Browns at the beginning of the week, but his long-term prognosis was evidently far more promising than it appeared upon going down against the Minnesota Vikings in Week 4.

The timing of the Steelers' Week 5 bye couldn't have been more perfect either, as it gave Ramsey an extra week to recover and put himself in position to play vs. Cleveland. He did not practice to begin the week, though he was upgraded to a full participant on the final injury report.

Porter Jr., on the other hand, missed three-straight games after sustaining his injury against the Jets. He did not practice leading up to Weeks 2 and 3, and while he was upgraded to limited just ahead of Pittsburgh's bout with Minnesota, the team opted to keep him sidelined until after the bye.

Steelers Have Full OLB Room

Pittsburgh briefly had Highsmith, T.J. Watt and Nick Herbig all healthy at the start of its Week 2 home opener against the Seattle Seahawks, though the former quickly suffered a sprained ankle and would remain out through the bye.

Now that Highsmith is back in action, though, it'll be interesting to see how the Steelers divvy up the snaps among their edge rushers against the Browns considering Herbig, who would typically take a back seat in this case, has played at such a high level over the past few contests.

Can Steelers Keep Run Game Momentum Going?

Kenneth Gainwell turned in the Steelers' best rushing performance of the year against the Vikings with 99 yards on 19 carries, but Warren's return means that he'll see his touches reduced against the Browns.

Warren has been far more effective through the air as opposed to on the ground this season, but perhaps Pittsburgh cracked the code in the run game vs. Minnesota and can carry that over this week.