{"id":652635,"date":"2026-01-04T06:56:12","date_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/652635\/"},"modified":"2026-01-04T06:56:12","modified_gmt":"2026-01-04T06:56:12","slug":"steelers-calvin-austin-cleared-to-play-in-week-18-against-ravens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/652635\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers’ Calvin Austin cleared to play in Week 18 against Ravens"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> have received some great news on the offensive side of the ball ahead of the Week 18 matchup versus the Baltimore Ravens<\/a>.<\/p>\n

With the release of the final injury report<\/a> for Week 18, Steelers<\/a> wide receiver Calvin Austin, who missed last week’s loss to the Cleveland Browns<\/a> with a hamstring issue, has been cleared to play on Sunday Night Football.<\/p>\n

Despite Austin\u2019s statistical shortcomings this season, recording just 317 yards in 13 games, his absence has left Pittsburgh\u2019s offense all but one-dimensional.<\/p>\n

With DK Metcalf suspended and Austin sidelined, the Steelers’ passing attack struggled mightily against the Browns in Week 17, with Aaron Rodgers completing just 21 of 39 pass attempts for 168 yards and zero touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Hopefully Pittsburgh’s offense can take a major step forward with Austin set to make his return this Sunday against Baltimore, giving Rodgers a lightning-fast receiving option in the Steelers’ must-win regular season finale.<\/p>\n

For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including Pittsburgh’s Week 18 matchup against the\u00a0Baltimore Ravens<\/a>\u00a0on Sunday Night Football, follow us on X\u00a0@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers have received some great news on the offensive side of the ball ahead of the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":652636,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[1635,1586,247,265,9819,184,117,86,10548,8741,85,54,2417,2870,1103,7,20842,2403,2418,246,88,6,35196,245,264,520,57,2360,169,1636,1602,1982,9,266,426,1980],"class_list":["post-652635","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-aaron","tag-aaron-rodgers","tag-american","tag-american-football","tag-austin","tag-baltimore","tag-baltimore-ravens","tag-browns","tag-calvin","tag-calvin-austin-iii","tag-cleveland","tag-cleveland-browns","tag-dk","tag-dk-metcalf","tag-facebook","tag-football","tag-hub","tag-iii","tag-metcalf","tag-neutral","tag-news","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-hub","tag-overall","tag-overall-neutral","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-pittsburghsteelers","tag-ravens","tag-rodgers","tag-smg","tag-smg-timely","tag-sports","tag-sports-news","tag-steelers","tag-timely"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115835527754370188","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652635","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=652635"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/652635\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/652636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=652635"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=652635"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=652635"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}