On Tuesday, the Pittsburgh Steelers named their four protected practice squad platers for Week 2 of the 2021 season, and that list includes three of the four players the team protected in Week 1.
Protected this week on the Steelers’ practice squad are defensive back Karl Joseph, defensive lineman Henry Mondeaux, tight end Kevin Rader, and running back Jaylen Samuels. The Steelers essentially chose to replace Joseph with wide receiver Cody White this week. This means that these four players cannot be signed to another team’s roster until next week.
While the Steelers did protect the maximum four players last week, none of them were ultimately elevated to the team’s Active/Inactive roster ahead of the Week 1 Sunday road game.