Chief among these injuries is Highsmith’s ankle. It’s hard to limit Burrow’s impact on any Sunday, but with the weather irritating his lingering wrist injury, the Steelers have a half-decent shot in Week 13. Being without Highsmith, the team’s second-best edger rusher could give the quarterback enough breathing room to make a key play.

Steelers offensive coordinator Arthur Smith says he's happy in Pittsburgh after he was contacted about the coaching vacancy at the University of North Carolina." Smith says he had a conversation with the university about their coaching vacancy where he played on the offensive line in the early 2000s.