When Le’Veon Bell was placed on injured reserve after hurting his knee early this month, the Steelers signed Isaiah Pead to take his roster spot.
Pead hasn’t seen any action for the Steelers and that won’t change this week because the team released him on Friday. All players released at this point in the season have to go through waivers, so Pead will either be claimed by one of the other 31 teams or he’ll become a free agent.
The Steelers promoted Fitzgerald Toussaint from the practice squad to take Pead’s place on the roster. Toussaint played four regular season games and two postseason contests for the Ravens last year, running eight times for 17 yards across all of his appearances.
DeAngelo Williams starts at running back for the Steelers with Bell out of the lineup and Jordan Todman has spelled him for three carries in the last two weeks.