PITTSBURGH (AP) -Pittsburgh Steelers fullback Dan Kreider was placed on injured reserve Thursday and will miss the rest of the season because of a knee injury.

Kreider was hurt Monday night against Miami.

Tight end Jon Dekker, an undrafted free agent from Princeton, was added to the 53-man roster to replace Kreider. The team had been without a third tight end since Jerame Tuman went on injured reserve Nov. 14.

The Steelers also added offensive lineman Jeremy Parquet to their practice squad. Parquet was a

Cris Carter, WR, 1987-89 Philadelphia Eagles, 1990-2001 Minnesota Vikings, 2002 Miami Dolphins.

Terrell Davis, RB, 1995-2001 Denver Broncos.

Dermontti Dawson, C, 1988-2000 Pittsburgh Steelers.

Fred Dean, DE, 1975-1981 San Diego Chargers, 1981-85 San Francisco 49ers.

Richard Dent, DE, 1983-1993, 1995 Chicago Bears, 1994 San Francisco 49ers, 1996 Indianapolis Colts, 1997 Philadelphia Eagles.

Randy Gradishar, LB, 1974-1983 Denver Broncos.

Darrell Green, CB, 1983-2002 Washington Redskins.

Kevin Greene

``I'd love to see us go forward with all three and hold on to the depth we have for a while,'' he said.

But for now, Savage is trying to savor moments from a season that began with a 34-7 loss to the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sept. 9, which was followed by him trading Frye two days later.

``If somebody were to have said on that Tuesday, what was that September 11th or 12th, that Derek would have thrown 22 touchdowns, and the team is 7-4 and swept the Ravens, I would

PITTSBURGH (AP) -There is nothing artificial about the Pittsburgh Steelers' feelings. They love their home-field advantage, even if it means playing on the NFL's worst field.

Two days after slogging their way to a 3-0, last-minute victory over Miami on as miserable a playing field as the NFL has seen in years, the Steelers were lobbying hard Wednesday to retain their grass field.

All that was missing in the players' keep-the-grass campaign was a poster displaying a swatch of artificial turf with a slash mar

``I would hope it's not the same,'' the Cincinnati Bengals receiver said emphatically. ``If it's the same, it's terrible. I can't imagine the field being the same way as it was Monday.''

The footing was about as bad as it gets during the Pittsburgh Steelers' 3-0 victory over Miami on Monday night, when heavy rain turned a new field of sod into a witches' brew of divots and muck.

Many of the Bengals (4-7) watched on television, knowing that they're headed for Pittsburgh and that same field on Sunday n

They've told the stories of former players such as Mike Webster, the Hall of Fame center of the Pittsburgh Steelers who died homeless in 2002 after suffering from mental illness widely attributed to head injuries sustained as a player.

The union and the league have defended the disability system. NFL commissioner Roger Goodell told a Senate hearing in September

LAS CRUCES, N.M. (AP) -New Mexico State defensive coordinator Woody Widenhofer, an assistant with the Pittsburgh Steelers during the Steel Curtain years, will retire after Friday night's season finale against Fresno State.

Widenhofer won four Super Bowl rings with Pittsburgh, first as linebackers coach (1973-76) and later as defensive coordinator (1977-83) when the famed Steel Curtain defense featured stars Jack Lambert, Jack Ham and Joe Greene.

During his 40-year career, the 64-year-old Widenhofer also was