Looking ahead to the session …
• What: Steelers practice
• When: 10:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
• Where: Rooney Sports Complex
• Media availability: 12:30-1 p.m.
4:10: Finally, the Texans' injury report: G Jeff Allen (concussion, out), OT Kendall Lamm (concussion, out), OLB LaTroy Lewis (shoulder, out).
3:35: This is odd, but the Texans still haven't put out their injury report.
2:02: Foster (concussion) and Sensabaugh (shoulder) are listed as questionable on the final injury report, just released. Brown (calf) is out. All the rest were listed as full participants in today's practice.
12:47: The Steelers completed their final practice session Saturday for their Monday game at Houston and it appears guard Ramon Foster will be out with a concussion.
B.J. Finney confirmed that he worked with the first-team offense again today, as he has all week with Foster sitting out.
The surprise of the day, however, was that rookie cornerback Cameron Sutton was getting time with the first-team defense in place of Artie Burns opposite Joe Haden.
Sutton confirmed to me that he worked with the first-team defense, but added that he worked with the second-team unit and the scout team, as well. Burns, meanwhile, confirmed to me that he had taken second-team snaps.
Neither cornerback, however, said he has been told anything in regard to who might start against the Texans.
"No, they really haven't said anything," Sutton said.
This could be a situation where the Steelers want to get Sutton more snaps at Burns' spot because he started in place of Haden last week. Sutton appears to have pushed his way past Coty Sensabaugh as the team's top backup at either corner spot.
It also could be a disciplinary situation. We'll see on Monday.
12:35: Le'Veon Bell stepped up in a big way as a not-so-secret Santa for his offensive linemen. Bell got each of the offensive linemen on the team a $20,000 watch for Christmas, giving it to them before practice.
It did not go unappreciated. Mike Tomlin was in the locker room after practice and made a point to tell Bell what a truly professional thing it was to do for his linemen.
The linemen were happy, as well.
"I almost couldn't practice," Maurkice Pouncey admitted to me. "I love that dude. That was great. I'd do anything for him. Nobody better mess with him."
12:30: The Steelers wrapped up their practice session a little earlier than scheduled today because of Christmas looming. Injured linebacker Ryan Shazier was in the building in a wheelchair visiting with his teammates during their individual gift exchange.
He was not made available to the media.
Shazier suffered a spinal cord injury to his lower back Dec. 4 in a win at Cincinnati. He began rehabilitation two weeks ago and was in a private booth for the team's loss last week against New England.
But there has been no new news in regard to any kind of recovery.
THE SETUP
Reminder: We can’t report what we see in NFL practices, per league guidelines. So we’ll always just use this space for any allowable updates, as well as a quick repository for news after the practice and media availability.
It's Saturday, so this will be it for the Steelers' practice week before leaving for Houston. I'll put any immediate news of note here on this live file, then I’ll have full coverage later, including both teams' final injury report.