{"id":588675,"date":"2025-12-10T04:20:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:20:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/588675\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T04:20:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T04:20:20","slug":"key-steelers-run-defender-gets-green-light-for-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/588675\/","title":{"rendered":"Key Steelers Run Defender Gets Green Light for Return"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"categories\"><a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-injury-updates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Injury Updates<\/a>\u2022<a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-news\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers News<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"788\" height=\"444\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/10-16-2025-Steelers-v-Bengals-9209.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium tpd-force-16x9-aspect-ratio wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"sync\" loading=\"eager\"   fetchpriority=\"high\"\/>Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Derrick Harmon in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on Oct. 16, 2025 &#8212; Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>PITTSBURGH \u2014 Defensive tackle Derrick Harmon could return to the lineup for the Pittsburgh Steelers in Week 15 against the Miami Dolphins, providing a much-needed boost to the team\u2019s run defense.<\/p>\n<p>Harmon the club\u2019s first-round pick in the 2025 NFL Draft out of Oregon, missed the last two games with a knee injury. On Tuesday, head coach Mike Tomlin said that he is expected to be limited in the early portion of the week, but is expected to practice and could return to action.<\/p>\n<p>Harmon has missed four games this season with a pair of knee injuries, the first two and the most recent two. In those four games, the Steelers have allowed 191.25 yards per game. In the nine that Harmon has played, they\u2019ve allowed nearly 100 fewer yards per game, at 96.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"788\" height=\"463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/9-21-2025-Steelers-v-Patriots-4997-scaled-e1758496315108.jpg\" alt=\"Pittsburgh Steelers New England Patriots Derrick Harmon\" class=\"wp-image-143124\"  \/>Pittsburgh Steelers rookie defensive lineman Derrick Harmon chases New England Patriots quarterback Drake Maye on Sept. 21, 2025. \u2014 Ed Thompson \/ Steelers Now<\/p>\n<p>PlayerRosterInjuryWEDTHUFRIStatus<a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/mike-tomlin-provides-update-on-dk-metcalfs-scary-injury\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">WR DK Metcalf<\/a>ActiveAbdomenPROBTE Darnell WashingtonActiveConcussionQUESLB Malik HarrisonActiveConcussionQUESOL Andrus PeatActiveConcussionQUESS Kyle DuggerActiveHandQUESWR Ben SkowronekActiveFingerPROBOT Calvin AndersonActiveKneeOUTILB Patrick QueenActiveGlutePROB<a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/steelers-secondary-dealing-with-another-injury-before-dolphins-game\/\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">CB James Pierre<\/a>ActiveCalfPROBDT Derrick HarmonActiveKneeQUESLT Broderick JonesIR (Week 17)NeckIRIRIRIRSS DeShon ElliottIR (Week 13)Hyperextended right kneeIRIRIRIRDT Isaiahh LoudermilkIR (Week 8)Right high ankle sprainIRIRIRIRQB Skylar ThompsonIR (Week 7)HamstringIRIRIRIRCB Donte KentIR (Season)Right ankle\/kneeLPDNPIRIR-SEASONCB Cory TriceIR (Season)Hamstring, KneeDNPIRIRIR-SEASONDT Daniel EkualeIR (Season)Left ACL tearIRIRIRIR-SEASONSS Miles KillebrewIR (Season)KneeIRIRIRIR-SEASONOG Max ScharpingIR (Season)ACL sprainIR IRIRIR-SEASONDT Dean LowryIR (Season)KneeIRIRIRIR-SEASONTE Donald ParhamIR (Season)AchillesIRIRIRIR-SEASON<br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tMentioned In This Article: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/derrick-harmon\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Derrick Harmon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/pittsburgh-steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/steelersnow.com\/tag\/steelers-injury-updates\/\" rel=\"tag nofollow noopener\" data-wpel-link=\"internal\" target=\"_blank\">Steelers Injury Updates<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Steelers Injury Updates\u2022Steelers News Pittsburgh Steelers defensive tackle Derrick Harmon in a game against the Cincinnati Bengals on&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":504427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[340,7,6,520,57,2360,426,47390],"class_list":{"0":"post-588675","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-derrick-harmon","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-pittsburgh","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","13":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","14":"tag-steelers","15":"tag-steelers-injury-updates"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115693357581730816","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588675","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=588675"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/588675\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/504427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=588675"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=588675"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=588675"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}