Pittsburgh Steelers: Inactives for Week 1 vs San Francisco 49ers

Both the Pittsburgh Steelers and San Francisco 49ers have officially released their inactives list for their Week 1 matchup Sunday.

As expected, the Steelers enter the game a healthy bunch, with no injury-related absences.

Steelers Week 1 Inactives

QB Mason Rudolph
CB Desmond King
OT Dylan Cook
WR Gunner Olszewski
NT Armon Watts

49ers Week 1 Inactives

TE Brayden Willis
QB Brandon Allen
RB Tyrion Davis-Price
ILB Jalen Graham
ILB Dee Winters
OG Nick Zakelj
DT Kalia Davis

Steelers defensive linemen Cameron Heyward and Larry Ogunjobi will indeed be out on the field against San Francisco after spending time on the injury report this week. Pittsburgh listed Ogunjobi as limited Friday with a foot injury, while Heyward was off the injury report.

A healthy roster should bode well for Pittsburgh’s chances with the league’s No. 1 defense from 2022 and star edge rusher Nick Bosa waiting for them. Bosa and the 49ers agreed to a five-year, $170 million contract extension with $122.5 million guaranteed Wednesday, making Bosa the highest-paid defensive player in NFL history. He was named AP Defensive Player of the Year in 2022 after leading the NFL with 18.5 sacks.

His holdout officially over, Bosa will suit up and play against the Steelers. Fortunately for Pittsburgh, they’ve been planning on him being out there.

“Yes, we are preparing for Bosa,” head coach Mike Tomlin said this week. “It’s prudent for us to assume that he is gonna be there and prepare in that vein, as opposed to be surprised. We were in a similar circumstance with a dynamic rusher a couple of years ago in T.J. We got a deal done at the 11th hour. He showed up in the stadium, and he was T.J. Watt that day. So that’s what those guys do. They show up, and they are who they are.”