Steelers' latest injury report will calm some nerves after an unexpected absence from Cam Heward on Thursday

There was a lot of hullabaloo when the news first broke that Heyward wasn't on the field on Thursday, but the details should have always led to a presumed day of rest. I understand that Heyward said "we'll see" earlier in the week regarding his Sunday status, but he's practiced every other day, and both his HC and DC have been adamant that he is going to play. A rest day indeed.

"Derrick Harmon is the only guy at this juncture that I would characterize as out," said Coach Tomlin on Tuesday. "I would characterize [Nick] Herbig as questionable. He had a really good day yesterday, so we'll leave the door ajar for him and see where work leads us during the course of the week. Certainly, his participation and the quality of his participation will be the key variable in terms of our decision making, whether or not we choose to use him or not. Other than those two instances, man, we're largely a healthy group. . .

". . .Certainly, had some bumps and bruises associated with preseason work and some people have been nonparticipants in games, some due to injury and some due to precaution. Some of those guys have been working their way back. Alex Highsmith for example and others. We don't anticipate any of those guys’ availability being in any way questionable. You can include Calvin Austin for example in that discussion. So, we have a relatively healthy group. Excited about that."

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