The Pittsburgh Steelers have now named their four protected practice squad players for Week 12 and the list includes three players very familiar to it and one new one.
The Tuesday list of Steelers protected practice players for Week 12 includes wide receiver Deon Cain, running back Wendell Smallwood, rookie safety Antoine Brooks Jr., the team’s sixth-round draft pick this year out of Maryland, and punter Corliss Waitman. Three of the four players, Cain, Smallwood, and Brooks, have been on this list multiple times now. This is, however, is Waitman’s first time being protected.
Waitman being protected is a curious decision and hopefully one not necessitated by an illness of some sorts.