The Pittsburgh Steelers will finally get running back James Conner back for their Sunday night game against the Buffalo Bills. Conner has missed all or part of the last six games but his shoulder injury appears to be well enough to give it a go this week.
Wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster is inactive and will miss his fourth straight game. The Steelers will also be without tight end Vance McDonald who remains in the concussion protocol. In his place, rookie Zach Gentry gets a helmet. Additionally, cornerback Artie Burns is once again a healthy scratch in favor of rookie Justin Layne and his days appear to be numbered.
In a surprise move the Steelers deactivated defensive lineman Isaiah Buggs. The Bills are one of the best rushing teams in the NFL so you would have thought the Steelers would have wanted as many big bodies up front as possible to rotate in. Instead, the Steelers keep running back Trey Edmunds actives which creates a logjam at running back instead.
