Pittsburgh Steelers IR Roosevelt Nix

PITTSBURGH -- The Pittsburgh Steelers placed fullback and special teams player Roosevelt Nix on the injured/reserve list, the team announced Monday.

Nix suffered a metatarsal injury in his right foot in the third quarter of Pittsburgh"s 20-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravens on Sunday. The fullback called the injury a "freak accident" on Monday and said it happened when he was trying to cut.

He was ruled out for the game shortly after suffering the injury.

Nix was signed to a reserve/future contract on Jan. 9. He was a defensive end at Kent State and came into the league as an undrafted rookie free agent with the Atlanta Falcons in 2014 but was released during training camp.

Preseason special teams play, particularly his block of a Carolina Panthers punt in the Steelers" final preseason game, helped earn him a spot on the Pittsburgh roster. He was singled out by Mike Tomlin for the play after the game.

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Nix has played in every game for the Steelers this season, featuring primarily on special teams, though he does have two catches for 16 yards this season. Will Johnson, who has been working as tight end most of the year, is Pittsburgh"s only other fullback on the active roster.

Hewas in the Steelers locker room on Monday using a pair of crutches and wearing a plastic boot on his right foot.

Pittsburgh promoted practice squad inside linebacker L.J. Fort to the team"s active roster. He joined the Steelers mid-training camp on Aug. 19, was released in the final round of cuts and signed to the practice squad the next day.

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Pittsburgh Steelers" James Harrison calls Al Jazeera Delta-2 report "B.S."

BALTIMORE -- Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker James Harrison was one of several NFL players named in a Huffington Post report on Al Jazeera"s investigation, "The Dark Side," which reportsthat he used Delta-2, a steroid-like hormone supplement.

The Huffington post cites the unreleased documentary as heavily leaning on secretly filmed video ofAustin, Texas-based pharmacist Charlie Sly. The video is recorded by Liam Collins, a former British hurdler who goes undercover for the investigation withthe pretense of trying to make and succeed at the 2016 Summer Olympics.

Sly told Collins that he supplied Harrison with Delta-2, according to The Huffington Post"s report on the investigation. When pressed by Al Jazeera, according to The Huffington Post, Sly also said his claims of supplying athletes weren"t true.

Speaking after the Steelers" 20-17 loss to the Baltimore Ravenson Sunday, Harrison, 37, denied the claims of the report and said he took it as a compliment that people would think he has used performance-enhancing drugs.

"Plainly, it is bull****," Harrison said. "I"ve never heard of those guys. I never took a steroid and I don"t plan to. Just because somebody says something doesn"t mean it"s true."

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Harrison added that he was disappointed because he felt the report undermined he work of his 13 seasons in the NFL, which includes five Pro Bowl selections, two Super Bowl titles and the 2009 defensive player of the year award.

People that know Harrison though, he said, know the report isn"t true.

"I could say "You"re gay, you"re a homosexual." Just popping it out there," Harrison said to a TV reporter. "It"s not true, but you have to fight that. But I have to fight it because I look like it."

"I consider it a compliment to be honest with you. They"re too weak-minded to understand the work that it takes to get to this level without that."

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