{"id":323766,"date":"2025-08-28T07:32:21","date_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/323766\/"},"modified":"2025-08-28T07:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-08-28T07:32:21","slug":"steelers-to-place-qb-will-howard-on-ir-sign-s-chuck-clark-in-reported-roster-moves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/323766\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers to place QB Will Howard on IR, sign S Chuck Clark in reported roster moves"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Steelers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.behindthesteelcurtain.com\/pittsburgh-steelers-news\/157430\/pittsburgh-steelers-release-first-53-man-roster-of-2025-season\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">initial 53-man roster<\/a> already looks a bit different, with the team reportedly planning to make four roster moves Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Per Steelers beat writer Mark Kaboly, the Steelers will place quarterback Will Howard and cornerback Donte Kent on \u201cshort-term\u201d injured reserve and sign safety Chuck Clark and offensive lineman Max Scharping to the 53-man roster.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Howard IR move was long expected as the Steelers kept four quarterbacks on the initial roster. The sixth-round rookie suffered a hand injury in training camp and didn\u2019t play in the preseason.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The addition of the veteran safety Clark was also predicted by many, as the Steelers kept just eight defensive backs originally. Clark has 75 career starts and spent the preseason with Pittsburgh. <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ASaunders_PGH\/status\/1960790776264179922\" rel=\"nofollow\">Steelers Now\u2019s Alan Saunders<\/a> even reported Wednesday afternoon that Clark still has a locker at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex, even if he hasn\u2019t officially been re-signed yet.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Seventh-round rookie cornerback Donte Kent also didn\u2019t play a single snap in the preseason, meaning his addition to IR isn\u2019t a big surprise. Max Scharping, who can play tackle, guard, and center, appeared in two games last season for the Steelers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Kaboly notes that Howard and Kent aren\u2019t expected to stay on IR long term.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Steelers still have an open spot on their practice squad.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Steelers\u2019 initial 53-man roster already looks a bit different, with the team reportedly planning to make four&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":323767,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,6,520,57,5036,2374,2375,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-323766","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-depth-chart","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","14":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-roster","15":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","16":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115105231552263438","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323766","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=323766"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/323766\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/323767"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=323766"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=323766"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=323766"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}