The Steelers will be down a pair of wide receivers for Sunday’s game against the Cowboys.
The team has ruled out Darrius Heyward-Bey and Markus Wheaton, which leaves them with four wideouts on the active roster for Week 10. Heyward-Bey hurt his foot last weekend, which seemed to open a door for Wheaton to get back in the lineup after he was scratched against the Ravens.
Wheaton popped up on the injury report Thursday as a limited participant because of the shoulder injury that he’s been dealing with for most of the year. He didn’t practice at all on Friday, which leaves Eli Rogers, Sammie Coates and Cobi Hamilton as options to go with Antonio Brown.
While the wide receiver group has been shuffled, the team won’t have to make a change at center. Maurkice Pouncey was a full participant in Friday’s practice and did not receive an injury designation, which leaves him on track to make good on his vow to play a week after dislocating his right thumb.
