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Steelers prepping to roll with backups Toussaint and Todman

PITTSBURGH (AP) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are turning to a pair of relative unknowns for a wild-card game in Cincinnati Saturday night.

Fitzgerald Toussaint and Jordan Todman will likely share the load at running back with DeAngelo Williams slowed by a right foot injury. Williams did not practice on Thursday and wore a protective boot. The Steelers have not officially ruled Williams out but he's a long shot at best.

Toussaint ran for 24 yards and caught a 2-point conversion after coming in for Williams last week against Cleveland. The former Michigan back says he is trying to treat it as a normal week even though he hasn't started a game since his final year at Michigan in 2013.