The Steelers have signed defensive lineman Steve McLendon to the 53-man roster and waived rookie linebacker Thaddeus Gibson. Gibson was Pittsburgh's fourth-round draft choice. McLendon was added to the roster because defensive end Aaron Smith had surgery on Monday to repair a torn triceps.

After Sunday's loss to the Steelers, the Dolphins continued to insist that they recovered the football when Ben Roethlisberger fumbled near the goal line in the fourth quarter. Pittsburgh's Jeff Reed was able to kick the game-winning field goal on fourth down after officials determined that Roethlisberger had fumbled before crossing Miami's goal line but they could not determine who recovered the loose ball in the end zone. The Steelers were awarded the ball at the Dolphins' half-yard line. "Nobody else had that ball but me," Dolphins linebacker Ikaika Alama-Francis said. "I wasn't going to let it go. Damn right, I had it. I'm getting up with the ball and I'm hearing white ball, white ball. I came up with the ball and I wasn't going to let it go. "I was confident we had the ball and it was a touchback for us and we win the game. That ball was tucked under my armpit and it wasn't going nowhere. I was the first one on the ball and it shows, and I know I had it."

Steelers defensive end Aaron Smith tore the triceps in his left arm on Sunday against the Dolphins. Smith missed much of last season with a right rotator cuff injury. "Not good, but such is life in the National Football League," coach Mike Tomlin said. "We will adapt and hopefully overcome it."

Steelers linebacker James Harrison has appealed the fine he received for hitting Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi last Sunday. Harrison was fined $75,000 for the above-the-shoulder hit.

Cleveland's Josh Cribbs is defending Steelers linebacker James Harrison, who was fined in part because of a hit laid on the wide receiver last Sunday. Cribbs said Harrison's job is to simply "knock people out." The two players were teammates at Kent State.

Browns center Alex Mack has chimed in on the play of Steelers linebacker James Harrison. Harrison inflicted two hits on Cleveland players that were highlighted this past weekend. He was fined and briefly claimed that he considered retirement because of new league rules on physical play. "If you watch the game film, (Harrison) was doing that to everyone on every play," Mack said. "People would be on the ground and he would try to spear them. There's a play on film where Peyton Hillis is tackled and he comes up and spears him. It's like you're being cheap, you're being dirty."

James Harrison reported back to the Steelers offices Thursday morning, apparently ready to go back to work after he and his agent said the linebacker contemplated retirement. A day earlier, Harrison was excused from practice and sent home by Coach Mike Tomlin, who said Harrison needed to "cool off" after being $75,000 by the National Football League.

Steelers linebacker James Harrison is considering retirement after being fined $75,000 by the NFL for his physical play against the Browns last Sunday. "I'm going to sit down and have a serious conversation with my coach tomorrow and see if I can actually play by NFL rules and still be effective," Harrison said on Fox Sports Radio's "Into The Night with Tony Bruno". "If not, I may have to give up playing football."

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says the hit linebacker James Harrison made on Browns wide receiver Mohamed Massaquoi was within the rules. The NFL is reviewing whether Harrison's concussion-causing hit on Massaquoi warrants a fine or suspension. "I'm all for player safety. I think it is the proper initiative that the NFL has," Tomlin said. "I think we need to safeguard the men that play this game to the best of our abilities and make it as safe as we can. I'm a proponent of player safety and whatever rule or rule adjustments we need to make to make it safer."

Steelers linebacker James Harrison has no problem hurting any player that travels within his territory on the field. "You don't want to injure people. I don't want to injure anybody," Harrison said. "But I'm not opposed to hurting anybody." Harrison sidelined Browns wide receivers Josh Cribbs and Mohamed Massaquoi with punishing hits only minutes apart during the second quarter on Sunday.