Johnson ruled out for Week 5

Shazier has now missed 10 of 21 games since the Steelers took him in the first round of the 2014 draft.

The Pittsburgh Steelers veteran quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who suffered a sprained MCL and bone bruise in his knee, does not have a set timetable for his return to the 2015 National Football League (NFL) regular season and still is in “quite a bit of pain”, he said on 93.7 The Fan radio station on Tuesday.

If the Pittsburgh Steelers All-Pro is being honest, he’s still kind of stunned he let a potential touchdown pass from Michael Vick get away in last Thursday’s 23-20 overtime loss to Baltimore.

Getting Martavis Bryant back on the field would have been a plus for Vick and the offense.

There were a couple of times – including after an interception by Pittsburgh cornerback Ross Cockrell in the second quarter – that Brown was unable to come down with a pass from Vick. “I’m just taking it one day at a time”. The former seventh-round pick has 18 receptions for 205 yards and two touchdowns thus far.

So what are a few of Vick’s red-flags?

Of course, we still think the difference between competing for a championship in the next three years and actually winning one will be whether the coaching staff can get out of its own way, but for the first time in a long time we’ve got a “needle pointing up” feeling about the Steelers. Vick, who is 24/32 with 162 yards and a TD, doesn’t have to go to the short-game always, but can with Le’Veon Bell’s pass-catching excellence. He joined Marshall Faulk (1999) as the only players in the National Football League history to rush for 1,350 yards and record 850 receiving yards in a single-season.

“It’s not just about me, there’s a lot of great players in this locker-room”, said Vick and added, “that can change the out come of a football game”. Don’t do it. Evans is overdue for a big game and at home against Jacksonville’s 25th-ranked pass defense should provide opportunities. He’s eager to start another one on Monday night.

Heading into Monday’s game, the Chargers have questions as to whether linemen Chris Hairston, King Dunlap, D.J. Fluker, Orlando Franklin and center Chris Watt will be at or close to 100 percent with their myriad of injuries. Bryant spent several weeks in Houston, Texas undergoing counseling and therapy and credits one teammate for being his biggest supporter: Ben Roethlisberger.

He’s led the Steelers to division titles and won almost 64 percent of his games. What’s most likely to happen is that they’ll attempt to run the ball, allowing Le’Veon Bell to find the holes and pushing them up the field. Like every other crew, Morelli’s guys are throwing more flags this year than in the past (15 penalties and 126 yards per game comparing to a career average of 12 and 99). There were signs of life in Week 4, but expect a heavy dose of Bell in this game.