{"id":8329,"date":"2024-10-06T08:08:57","date_gmt":"2024-10-06T08:08:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=8329"},"modified":"2024-10-06T08:08:57","modified_gmt":"2024-10-06T08:08:57","slug":"steelers-activate-edge-rusher-elevate-2-offensive-players-ahead-of-cowboys-matchup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=8329","title":{"rendered":"Steelers Activate Edge Rusher, Elevate 2 Offensive Players Ahead of Cowboys Matchup.."},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"post-featured-container-id\">\n<div id=\"post-featured\" class=\"wp-caption\">\n<div class=\"h-responsive\">\n<figure class=\"h-responsive__inner\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-featured-image size-featured-image wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2172290870-2.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 820px) 95vw, 780px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2172290870-2.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=780 780w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2172290870-2.jpg?quality=15&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1100 1100w, https:\/\/heavy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/10\/GettyImages-2172290870-2.jpg?quality=65&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1350 1350w\" alt=\"Mike Tomlin Jeremiah Moon\" width=\"780\" height=\"439\" data-dom-ready-time=\"712\" data-img-load-time=\"906\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span class=\"caption-credit\">Getty<\/span>Head coach Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers activated edge rusher Jeremiah Moon and promoted Brandon Johnson and Jonathan Ward from the practice squad for Week 5.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The\u00a0Pittsburgh Steelers\u00a0won\u2019t have\u00a0Alex Highsmith\u00a0available for their Week 5 matchup against the\u00a0Dallas Cowboys. But fellow edge rusher\u00a0Jeremiah Moon\u00a0will be on the field.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers announced\u00a0activating Moon to the team\u2019s 53-man roster on October 6. Moon spent the first four weeks of the regular season on injured reserve with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p>On Pittsburgh\u2019s official injury report,\u00a0Moon is listed as questionable. But he fully practiced the entire week, and it\u2019s very unlikely the Steelers would activate him if they weren\u2019t fully confident he would play.<\/p>\n<p>Moon will join the Steelers\u2019 edge rush rotation, which will include\u00a0T.J. Watt\u00a0and\u00a0Nick Herbig\u00a0on October 7.<\/p>\n<p>For the showdown with the Cowboys, the Steelers also elevated wide receiver\u00a0Brandon Johnson\u00a0and\u00a0Jonathan Ward from the practice squad. Both players, particularly Ward, will provide depth in Week 6 at offensive skilled positions that were recently decimated with injuries.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>LB Jeremiah Moon Set to Make Steelers Debut<\/h2>\n<p>Highsmith is dealing with a groin injury and will miss his second consecutive game. So, the Steelers getting back Moon could be quite key for Week 5.<\/p>\n<p>Last week against the\u00a0Indianapolis Colts, the Steelers didn\u2019t generate much of a pass rush without Highsmith. Watt saw a lot of double team blocks, and the Steelers didn\u2019t have a lot of edge rushing depth available.<\/p>\n<p>Herbig joined Highsmith on the sideline during the game, as he left the matchup against the Colts with an ankle injury.<\/p>\n<p>Moon isn\u2019t Highsmith. But with Moon and Herbig both expected to play, the Steelers will have three activate edge rushers versus the Cowboys as they did in their first three contests this season.\u00a0Herbig doesn\u2019t have\u00a0an injury designation for Week 5.<\/p>\n<p>Moon started\u00a0his career as an undrafted free agent for the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens\u00a0in 2022.\u00a0The Steelers claimed him\u00a0off waivers when the Ravens released the 25-year-old to create space for tight end\u00a0Mark Andrews in the AFC championship game.<\/p>\n<p>In eight games with the Ravens during 2023,\u00a0Moon registered\u00a012 combined tackles, including 1 tackles for loss and 2 forced fumbles while playing 99 defensive snaps. He also had 142 snaps on special teams.<\/p>\n<p>Moon has been out with his ankle injury since Week 2 of the preseason.\u00a0The Steelers opened\u00a0his practice window on October 2. From that point, the Steelers had 21 days to activate Moon, or he would spend the rest of the season on injured reserve.<\/p>\n<p>As it turned out, Moon only needed three days to be ready to join the Steelers active roster.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers Promote WR Brandon Johnson, RB Jonathan Ward<\/h2>\n<p>While Moon will provide depth at edge rusher, Johnson and Ward will do the same for their respective offensive positions. Ward could play a particularly pivotal role for the Steelers in Week 5.<\/p>\n<p>Both\u00a0Jaylen Warren\u00a0and\u00a0Cordarrelle Patterson\u00a0will\u00a0not play in Week 5\u00a0because of injuries. That leaves starter\u00a0Najee Harris\u00a0and recently-signed\u00a0Aaron Shampklin as the only running backs left on Pittsburgh\u2019s active roster.<\/p>\n<p>Harris has played a bulk of Pittsburgh\u2019s snaps in the backfield in past seasons. So, he might be on the field a lot on October 7.<\/p>\n<p>Shampklin will be playing in just his second NFL game versus the Cowboys. He had only 1 carry for 5 yards in his NFL debut on September 29.<\/p>\n<p>Ward has a lot more NFL experience,\u00a0having played in 42 contests over four years in the league. Most of that experience, though, is on special teams.<\/p>\n<p>Last season, Ward rushed for 11 yards on 3 carries with the\u00a0Arizona Cardinals.<\/p>\n<p>Johnson played\u00a0his first two NFL seasons with the\u00a0Denver Broncos. In 13 games last year, he had 19 catches for 284 yards and 4 touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p>Pittsburgh\u2019s active roster in Week 5 could contain five other receivers besides Johnson. But rookie Roman Wilson was a healthy scratch in Week 4.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers also have\u00a0George Pickens,\u00a0Calvin Austin II,\u00a0Van Jefferson\u00a0and\u00a0Scotty Miller\u00a0at wideout.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GettyHead coach Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers activated edge rusher Jeremiah Moon and promoted Brandon Johnson and Jonathan Ward from the practice squad for Week 5&#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8335,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8329","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Steelers Activate Edge Rusher, Elevate 2 Offensive Players Ahead of Cowboys Matchup.. - Sport News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/sportnews.drinkfood.info\/?p=8329\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Steelers Activate Edge Rusher, Elevate 2 Offensive Players Ahead of Cowboys Matchup.. - 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