One door closes and another one opens – at least for this week.

That's the case at safety for the Steelers, who've lost starter DeShon Elliott for at least this week with a knee injury.

And the open door?

"We have Jabrill Peppers in the building," said Mike Tomlin. "We'll be signing Jabrill today and get him up to speed about what it is we'd ask him to do."

Tomlin said the imminent signing is in fact due to the injury to Elliott, who went down in the opener and was replaced by veteran Chuck Clark. Per Tomlin, Elliott was in the training room still during his press conference so the extent of his injury was not known at the time.

In Peppers, the Steelers will sign another defensive back with great versatility. In fact, in his final season at the University of Michigan, Peppers played 7

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