The Pittsburgh Steelers have released their list of inactive players for their Week 13 Sunday afternoon road game against the Cincinnati Bengals. As expected, one player from the visiting team will miss the Sunday afternoon contest in Cincinnati due to injury.
After being officially listed as doubtful for the Sunday afternoon game on the Friday injury report, OLB Alex Highsmith (ankle) is inactive for the Steelers ahead of the Week 13 road game. Highsmith, injured during the Week 10 Sunday afternoon road game, will be sidelined for the sixth time this season. He was only able to practice on a limited basis this past week, and the hope is that maybe he can return to practice next week as a full participant and ultimately play next Sunday.
The Steelers’ Week 13 list of inactive players also technically includes four healthy scratches, with one of those players serving as the team’s emergency quarterback against the Bengals. That includes quarterback Kyle Allen, G Max Scharping, RB Jonathan Ward, and WR Scotty Miller. Allen will be the emergency third quarterback, so he will be in uniform on Sunday afternoon.
Ward, who was signed off the team’s practice squad a few weeks ago, is inactive for a third consecutive game. Scharping has already been active for several games this season as a healthy player, and this makes the third contest for which Miller has been a healthy scratch.
As expected, DT Keeanu Benton (hip) and S Damontae Kazee (illness) are both active for the Sunday afternoon game despite both players dealing with minor issues this past week. Neither were given game status designations on the Friday injury report. The Steelers did not make any elevations from their practice squad on Saturday afternoon, so the team only needs five inactive players for the Sunday afternoon game against the Bengals.
Steelers’ Inactive Players
QB Kyle Allen (3rd QB)
OLB Alex Highsmith
WR Scotty Miller
G Max Scharping
RB Jonathan Ward
Bengals’ Inactive Players
WR Charlie Jones
WR Trenton Irwin
LB Logan Wilson
TE Tanner McLachlan
DT Sheldon Rankins
