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The NFL suspended Steelers defensive tackle Daniel Ekuale for violating the NFL's performance-enhancing substances policy, the league announced Tuesday.

Ekuale is suspended without pay for the next five games.

He is on injured reserve after tearing his ACL in the Steelers' game against the Packers on Oct. 26. Ekuale totaled six tackles, a quarterback hit and a pass defensed in seven appearances.

Ekuale, 31, signed a one-year contract with the Steelers in free agency after four seasons with the Patriots.

The Bengals re-signed quarterback Sean Clifford to the practice squad, the team announced Tuesday.

Cincinnati waived Clifford from the active roster on Monday, and he cleared waivers.

The Bengals have Joe Burrow returning from injured reserve, and after his activation, the Bengals will have Burrow, Joe Flacco and Jake Browning on the active roster.

Clifford, a second-year player, signed to the active roster off the practice squad on Oct. 31 after Burrow's injury. He was inactive for the past three games as the designated emergency third quarterback.

He entered the NFL as a fifth-round pick of the Packers in 2023. Clifford spent his rookie season on the Packers’ active roster and appeared in two games, completing one pass for 37 yards.

Clifford then spent the entire 2024 season on Green Bay’s practice squad before the Packers waived him out of the preseason this summer.