No Diontae Johnson or David DeCastro this week.
Those two, both hurt in the Steelers' 38-29 win last week over the Eagles, were officially ruled out of the game Sunday against the Browns. Maurkice Pouncey, also hurt against the Eagles, was a full participant in the past two practices, including Friday.
The full injury report, released Friday afternoon:
Diontae Johnson and David DeCastro are both ruled OUT of Sunday's game with the Browns. The Steelers' full injury report: pic.twitter.com/V9nAgCgm4u
— Dejan Kovacevic (@Dejan_Kovacevic) October 16, 2020
Johnson, who is dealing with a back injury, tried to practice this week, but the Steelers will give him an extra week to heal. They have the ability to do so thanks to the emergence of rookie receiver Chase Claypool, who scored four touchdowns and caught seven passes for 110 yards last week in Johnson's absence.
DeCastro, who missed the first two games of the season with a knee injury, will sit out his third game of the season with an abdominal strain, meaning rookie Kevin Dotson will likely make his second start of the year in the game against the Browns.
Pouncey (foot) is expected to play in the game, giving the Steelers a reasonably clean bill of health, especially when compared to the Browns.
Quarterback Baker Mayfield (ribs) returned to practice as a full participant on Friday after being limited in the first two practices of the week. He is listed as questionable to play but is expected to be available.
But both of his starting wide receivers, Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry, also are questionable.
Beckham was sent home Thursday from practice because of an illness. COVID-19 tests came back negative, but Beckham is unable to rejoin the team until he has three consecutive days of negative tests.
Beckham was unable to practice with the team on Friday, but head coach Kevin Stefanski said both he and Mayfield were "trending in the right direction," to play against the Steelers.
Landry, meanwhile, was limited in practice until returning to full status Friday because of hip and rib issues. He also is expected to play, but obviously will be at less than 100 percent.
Right guard Wyatt Teller has been declared out because of a calf injury, meaning former Steelers offensive tackle Chris Hubbard will make his first career start at guard. He'll line up primarily opposite Stephon Tuitt.
And the top two strong safeties on Cleveland's roster, Karl Joseph (hamstring) and Ronnie Harrison (concussion) have been declared out, meaning the Browns will likely be forced to start Sheldrick Redwine next to Andrew Sendejo on the back end of their defense.
Redwine has started five games in two seasons, while Sendejo, a career special teams player, has allowed 17 catches on 22 passes thrown in his coverage for 308 yards and three touchdowns. Redwine, who did have an interception for the Browns in a win over the Colts last week, allowed two touchdown passes on nine completions in his coverage in 2019.
In addition to those injuries, punter Jamie Gillan (groin) and defensive linemen Larry Ogunjobi (abdomen) and Olivier Vernon (groin) are listed as questionable to play for the Browns.