The failures of the run defense last year were so alarming that the Pittsburgh Steelers added 649 pounds of mass to their defensive line with the additions of Derrick Harmon and Yahya Black via the 2025 NFL Draft. Nobody is being counted on more for the defense’s improvement in 2025 than Harmon. According to Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Steelers insider Ray Fittipaldo, he passed the eye test on the first day of practice at voluntary OTAs.
“Harmon is just, he’s that big prototypical defensive end,” Fittipaldo said Wednesday via 93.7 The Fan’s Morning Show. “He looks the part.