Steelers Injury Updates Steelers Transactions
Steelers Injury Updates: 2 Start 2024 on IR; Porter, Lee Back at Practice
Two Pittsburgh Steelers players will start the 2024 season on injured reserve. CB Joey Porter Jr. returned to practice.

PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers will start the 2024 regular season without the services of offensive tackle Dylan Cook and outside linebacker Jeremiah Moon, but thanks to a new NFL rule, they could be back to the Steelers sooner rather than later.
Cook and Moon were both placed on the injured reserve list with a return designation as the Steelers trimmed their roster from 91 players to 53 on Tuesday. In years past, that would have been a season-ending sentence for Cook and Moon, like it was this year for Steelers rookies Ryan Watts and Julius Welschof.
If the Steelers wanted to be able to bring Cook and Moon, they would have had to first make the initial 53-man roster, and the Steelers would have had to expose two others to the waiver process.
Thanks to a new-for-2024 NFL rule, all of that is no longer necessary. The Steelers were able to place Cook and Moon directly onto the injured reserve list and still designate them to return.
Cook has a left foot injury and is expected to miss several weeks. Moon has a right ankle injury and returned to practice on Tuesday, but his exact prognosis is unclear. Both players will have to spend at least four weeks on the injured reserve list.
At practice on Tuesday, Joey Porter Jr. was back in action after missing about a week with an undisclosed injury. Jaylen Warren and Roman Wilson continue their progress in returns from hamstring and ankle injuries. Rookie defensive lineman Logan Lee was in uniform after not participating in Monday’s session.
#Steelers RB Jaylen Warren and WR Roman Wilson continuing to progress at practice. pic.twitter.com/PVj7qb5Fl9
— Alan Saunders (@ASaunders_PGH) August 27, 2024

PITTSBURGH STEELERS INJURY REPORT
Player | Injury | Date | Prognosis | Roster Status |
SS Ryan Watts | Neck stinger | Aug. 24 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
OLB Julius Welschof | Right knee | Aug. 24 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
CB Cory Trice | Groin | Aug. 24 | TBD | Active, DNP on Mon. |
CB Joey Porter Jr. | TBD | Aug. 20 | TBD | Active, practiced Tues. |
DL Logan Lee | TBD | Aug. 20 | TBD | Active, practiced Tues. |
OLB Jeremiah Moon | Right ankle | Aug. 17 | Four weeks | IR-Return |
OT Dylan Cook | Left foot | Aug. 17 | Four weeks | IR-Return |
RB Jaylen Warren | Hamstring | Aug. 17 | Day to day | Active, practiced Tues. |
C Nate Herbig | Torn rotator cuff | Aug. 14 | Out for season | Injured reserve |
OT Troy Fautanu | Left MCL sprain | Aug. 9 | Day to day | Active |
OLB David Perales | Left MCL tear | July 31 | Months | Injured reserve |
WR Roman Wilson | Left ankle sprain | July 30 | Day to day | Active, practiced Tues. |
ILB Cole Holcomb | Left knee | Nov. 2, 2023 | Four weeks | PUP/reserve |