Rookie defensive lineman Derrick Harmon hasn’t participated in practice for the Pittsburgh Steelers since suffering a knee injury in Week 12. But it sounds as though Harmon will be back on the field at practice this week.
Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin didn’t include Harmon among his list of injured players when he began his weekly Tuesday press conference on December 9.
That doesn’t mean the rookie is fully ready to go. However, Tomlin appeared to suggest the defensive lineman will participate in some capacity to begin preparation for the team’s Monday night affair against the Miami Dolphins.
“Harmon will be limited in the early portions of the week, and we’ll let the amount of participation and how quickly it picks up and the quality of that participation, as we go through the week, to determine whether or not he’s available,” Tomlin told reporters. “Certainly, excited about an additional day when it pertains to him.”
With the matchup versus the Dolphins set for Monday, Harmon, and the rest of the Steelers injured players, have more than an extra 24 hours to prepare for Week 15.
The Steelers could really use Harmon back in the lineup. The past two weeks without the first-round rookie, Pittsburgh has allowed at least 200 rushing yards to both the Buffalo Bills and Baltimore Ravens.
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