DERRICK HARMON
Defensive End
For the second straight week, many of the Steelers' marquee defensive players were not in uniform. T.J. Watt, Jalen Ramsey, Patrick Queen, Darius Slay, Joey Porter Jr., DeShon Elliott, Alex Highsmith, and Cam Heyward all watched from the sideline.
All of those guys will be counted upon to play significant roles once the regular season opens on Sept. 7. One player who is too young and inexperienced to be afforded that treatment but who also will be counted upon come the start of the regular season is DE Derrick Harmon.
In his first game at Acrisure Stadium, Harmon had 3 tackles and recorded his first sack, which also happened to be the Steelers' first sack of this preseason, in a 17-14 loss to the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday night.
Harmon is the Steel