--S Ryan Clark, a former teammate of the late Sean Taylor of the Washington Redskins, was fined $5,000 by the NFL for wearing Taylor's No. 21 etched into his eye black last Sunday. Clark, who is No. 25, honors Taylor by wearing a No. 21 practice jersey.

Clark, who returned to start at free safety this year after missing more than half of last season, is the Ed Block Courage Award winner for the Steelers.

--The NFL Players Association may file a grievance against the Steelers for fining Santonio Holmes and making him inactive for last Sunday's game against the Giants.

--"I'm not concerned about their view about whether we chose to activate him," coach Mike Tomlin said. "We've got 53 men on the team. We choose to activate 45 for a particular game. That's what we chose to do and we move forward."

BY THE NUMBERS: 278 -- Consecutive home sellouts for the Steelers, not counting one strike game in 1987. The string began Nov. 5, 1972.

QUOTE TO NOTE: "I'm not a big fan of playing there because it is loud, they're really good at home and they try to make their cheerleaders stretch in our tunnel before we come out of the locker room. That's just not good." -- QB Ben Roethlisberger, on playing in Washington, D.C.