{"id":1948,"date":"2025-11-12T13:14:21","date_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:14:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/reports-steelers-signing-cb-asante-samuel-jr-to-practice-squad\/"},"modified":"2025-11-12T13:14:21","modified_gmt":"2025-11-12T08:14:21","slug":"reports-steelers-signing-cb-asante-samuel-jr-to-practice-squad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/reports-steelers-signing-cb-asante-samuel-jr-to-practice-squad\/","title":{"rendered":"Reports: Steelers signing CB Asante Samuel Jr. to practice squad"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<section id=\"0\" class=\"w-full\">\n<div class=\"xl:container mx-0 !px-4 py-0 pb-4 !mx-0 !px-0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/22169600.jpg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/images.deadspin.com\/tr:w-900\/22169600.jpg\" alt=\"NFL: Buffalo Bills at Los Angeles Chargers\" class=\"w-full\" fetchpriority=\"high\" loading=\"eager\"\/><span class=\"text-0.8 leading-tight\">Dec 23, 2023; Inglewood, California, USA; Los Angeles Chargers cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. (26)  enters the field before the game against the Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images<!-- --> <!-- --> <\/span><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-1\">\n<p>The Pittsburgh Steelers are bolstering their defense with the signing of former second-round pick Asante Samuel Jr. to their practice squad, according to multiple media reports Tuesday.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-2\">\n<p>Samuel, 26, was viewed as a coveted cornerback in free agency this offseason, but that was before undergoing spinal-fusion surgery in April. Over four seasons with the Los Angeles Chargers, he appeared in 50 games and recorded 176 tackles, six interceptions, 37 pass breakups and one fumble recovery.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-3\">\n<p>His father, Asante Samuel Sr., was a two-time Super Bowl champion and a four-time Pro Bowler with 51 interceptions over 11 NFL seasons with the New England Patriots (2003-07), Philadelphia Eagles (2008-11) and Atlanta Falcons (2012-13).<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-4\">\n<p>It&#8217;s unclear how quickly the younger Samuel could be elevated to Pittsburgh&#8217;s active roster, but the Steelers (5-4) are in desperate need of defensive back depth. With Darius Slay in concussion protocol coming out of Sunday&#8217;s loss at the Los Angeles Chargers, Pittsburgh entered this week with just three healthy cornerbacks.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<section id=\"section-5\">\n<p>The Steelers host the Cincinnati Bengals (3-6) Sunday as their hefty lead atop the AFC North has shrunk to just one game over the trending Baltimore Ravens.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<p><\/p>\n<section id=\"section-6\">\n<p>&#8211;Field Level Media<\/p>\n<\/section><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/deadspin.com\/reports-steelers-signing-cb-asante-samuel-jr-to-practice-squad\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Source link <\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dec 23, 2023; Inglewood, California, USA; Los Angeles Chargers cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. (26) enters the field before the game against the Buffalo Bills at SoFi Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Kirby Lee-Imagn Images The Pittsburgh Steelers are bolstering their defense with the signing of former second-round pick Asante Samuel Jr. to their practice squad, according to [&hellip;]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1949,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1948\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paknews.centers.pk\/ur\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}