Both the Raiders and Steelers have their top pass rusher. That’s the good news. But both teams also are suffering from depth at the position.
This week the Steelers are officially without starting linebackers Nick Herbig and Alex Highsmith, along with DE DeMarvin Leal, making them pretty thin at linebacker and edge rusher.
Herbig in particular is second on the team in sacks (2.5) and tackles for loss (three) behind only TJ Watt. And Highsmith is a full time starting linebacker.
Overall, the Steelers are pretty banged up, with six players officially OUT, four of whom are defenders.
The Raiders injury list is long, but several of the players who had been missing from practice early in the week returned on Friday and are Questionable for the game including WR Jakobi Meyers (ankle), G Jackson Powers-Johnson (knee), and RB Zamir White (groin).
The only players officially OUT are Davante Adams (hamstring) and TE Michael Mayer (personal). And, of course, Christian Wilkins (foot) was placed on IR this week.
