The Pittsburgh Steelers need all the help they can get on the offensive side of the ball after a slow start to the season, and they may get at least one reinforcement in Week 3.
According to the team's injury report on Thursday, rookie wide receiver Roman Wilson logged a full practice, which was an upgrade from Wednesday when he was limited. This is the second full practice for Wilson since the season began.
Of course, we know the full practice doesn't guarantee that Wilson will play, as he logged one full session on Thursday last week before he was limited on Friday and was ultimately ruled out. Fingers crossed that won't be the case this time, though.
"I hope I get to play," Wilson said. "That's not up to me. But every day I come in this building, I just do what I can to get ready for the game. Just come here and practice hard and do what I've got to do one day at a time."
Pretty clean injury report for the Steelers.
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Russell Wilson limited but Tomlin already said there preparing Fields the same as last week.
Roman Wilson back to full.
MyCole Pruitt (knee) DNP, which is why Rodney Williams was promoted earlier this week. pic.twitter.com/jGHOuKFm2z
Wilson suffered an ankle injury in late July, which forced him to miss a ton of training camp, all of the preseason and the first two games of the regular season.
Before suffering the injury, Wilson appeared to be making inroads to landing himself a role early on in the season, as he was having a strong camp. However, he's unlikely to do much if he does make his debut in Week 3, as he's missed a ton of practice time.
The hope is that Wilson will eventually take the slot role, a job that currently belongs to Calvin Austin, who isn't doing much to secure it. In fairness to Austin, nobody on the Steelers is doing much through the air, and his snaps have been limited with the Steelers utilizing multiple tight ends often.
