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On the Steelers: Williams banged up, but offense needs him badly

It is one thing not to have your franchise quarterback or your All-Pro halfback, but now the Steelers’ No. 2 back has a swollen foot?

DeAngelo Williams, who could be quarterback Landry Jones’ best friend Sunday when he starts against the Cleveland Browns, is on the injury list. It does not appear to be a serious injury, but anytime a halfback has a swollen foot, especially when he’s 32, especially when there is little behind him on the depth chart, especially when Ben Roethlisberger cannot play because of his own foot injury, it can be thought of as potentially serious.