Pouncey placed on IR, Dorian Brooks promoted The National Football Post
The Pittsburgh Steelers placed rookie Pro Bowl center Maurkice Pouncey(notes) on injured reserve with a high ankle sprain.
They promoted rookie center-guard Dorian Brooks(notes) from the practice squqad.
Brooks, 23, is a 6-foot-2, 306-pound undrafted free agent from James Madison.
Pouncey and defensive end Aaron Smith(notes) (triceps) are both out for Sunday's Super Bowl against the Green Bay Packers.
The Steelers conducted their final walkthrough today at Texas Christian.
And family members were allowed to attend practice.
“Nothing else was normal,” Tomlin told ESPN Dallas pool reporter Calvin Watkins. "“But there’s not a lot about this week that is, so we’re not going to fight against it. We're going to embrace it.”
The Steelers posed for a team/family photo at the 50-yard line.
“It’s two-fold,” Tomlin said. “We want to honor them of course because their love and support is the reason why these men are here. But also we use them to a degree because we had to get some work done today and nothing outside of the white lines was normal but let’s face it, nothing tomorrow night outside the white lines is going to be normal.
"This is a mock game for us, it represented just that. It was unique in terms of the people that were outside the field but the work we got done inside the white lines was very normal for a Saturday.”
Former Steelers John Stallworth and Mel Blount were at practice as well as TCU coach Gary Patterson annd Steeler owners Dan Rooney and Art Rooney II.
Among the people watching practice was Dan Rooney and Art Rooney II, TCU football coach Gary Patterson and Steelers greats John Stallworth and Mel Blount.
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