11:44 AM - Will Howard (Pit) is active for Sunday's game against the Bears, when he'll serve as the backup quarterback behind Mason Rudolph, Teresa Varley of the Steelers' official site reports.

12:16 PM - Will Howard (Pit) (coach's decision) is inactive but will serve as the Steelers' emergency third quarterback against the Bengals on Sunday.

10:06 AM - Will Howard (Pit) Steelers activated Howard (hand) from IR to the 53-man roster on Wednesday.

1:03 PM - Will Howard (Pit) (hand) was designated to return from the injured reserve list Wednesday.

11:12 AM - Will Howard (Pit) Steelers placed Howard (hand) on injured reserve Thursday, Teresa Varley of the team's official site reports.

3:07 PM - Will Howard (Pit) Mike Tomlin said Monday that Howard (hand) is expected to be a full participant in practice "soon," Chris Adamski of TribLive.com reports.