The Pittsburgh Steelers have released their list of inactives for their Week 16 Saturday afternoon home game against the Cincinnati Bengals, and this week there are seven players on it with three of them dealing with an injury that will prevent them from playing in the 4:30 p.m. contest.
After ending the week listed as out on the team’s injury report, QB Kenny Pickett (ankle), S Minkah Fitzpatrick (knee), and S Trenton Thompson (neck) are all now officially inactive on Saturday afternoon.
Pickett, who sustained his ankle injury in Week 13, will miss his third game of the season. He’ll be replaced in the starting lineup by QB Mason Rudolph. QB Mitch Trubisky will be the backup to Rudolph on Saturday with Pickett sidelined.
Fitzpatrick and Thompson were both injured last Saturday in the team’s Week 15 road loss. This will mark the fifth game this season that Fitzpatrick has missed due to injury and the first one for Thompson, who was added to the 53-man roster in Week 11.
The Steelers’ other four Week 16 inactive players are all healthy scratches. They include T Dylan Cook, DL DeMarvin Leal, CB Darius Rush, and ILB Blake Martinez.
The Steelers made several transactions on Friday. The four players included in those transactions, two of which were elevations from the practice squad, are all active on Saturday against the Bengals. Those four players are S Elijah Riley, S Eric Rowe, ILB Myles Jack, and LB Kyron Johnson.
Also active on Saturday, as expected, is DT Cameron Heyward, who cleared concussion protocol earlier in the week.
Steelers’ Inactive Players Week 16 vs. Bengals:
QB Kenny Pickett
S Minkah Fitzpatrick
S Trenton Thompson
CB Darius Rush
OT Dylan Cook
ILB Blake Martinez
DL DeMarvin Leal
Bengals’ Inactive Players:
WR Ja’Marr Chase
TE Irv Smith Jr.
RB Chris Evans
DT Travis Bell
LB Devin Harper
OT D’Ante Smith
OL Trey Hill
