The Pittsburgh Steelers had cause to be involved when first-round decide Derrick Harmon was carted off to the locker room on Thursday night time with what the workforce described as a knee harm. However they acquired some fairly excellent news on Friday when it was revealed that the harm was not fairly as unhealthy because it initially regarded.
Harmon is coping with a sprained MCL that’s going to maintain him out for a couple of month, however it isn’t a season-ender.
On condition that timeline, he could miss the workforce’s first three video games of the season in opposition to the New York Jets, Seattle Seahawks and the New England Patriots.
The Steelers drafted Harmon within the hopes that he may assist convey some much-needed youth and upside to a line of defense that badly wanted some depth. The Steelers had been completely dominated of their playoff loss to the Baltimore Ravens, permitting greater than 300 dashing yards. It was a humbling sport for a workforce that prides itself on protection and stopping the run, and the line of defense grew to become an enormous precedence within the offseason.
Harmon will nonetheless have a possibility to make an influence this season, however they must wait slightly longer to see it.
What makes it an excellent larger concern is that the workforce’s finest defensive lineman, Cam Heyward, is coping with a contract dispute that has prevented him from taking part in coaching camp practices. His availability for the season-opener stays in query.
If Heyward sits out, and Harmon is sidelined with an harm, that’s going to place an enormous dent within the workforce’s line of defense.
