If Sebastian Joseph-Day sounds like a Steelers defensive lineman already, that\u2019s no coincidence. They brought him here for a reason. While he won\u2019t be in the starting lineup, he will be a key part of the rotation. A rotation that is looking stronger than it has in some time, particularly as Derrick Harmon and Yahya Black mature.<\/p>\n
A seven-year veteran now on his fifth team, Sebastian Joseph-Day has been around the block. He played with Aaron Donald in Los Angeles, Javon Hargrave in San Francisco, and Jeffrey Simmons in Tennessee. Now with the Steelers, he\u2019ll be lining up alongside Cam Heyward<\/a>, the elder statesman of the league\u2019s defensive linemen. And everyone else, because he isn\u2019t concerned where he plays, just what his job is.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s what\u2019s funny\u201d, Joseph-Day told Missi Matthews for the Steelers\u2019 website<\/a> about having no position preference. \u201cI think what makes me a little unique is that I legit can play anywhere. I started my career playing next to Aaron [Donald] at nose [tackle]. Then when I went to the Chargers, I played more three[-technique]. Now with the Titans, I played more five-tech, six-tech, which is more outside, on the tackle, outside the tackle\u201d.<\/p>\n Now 31 years old, Sebastian Joseph-Day has seen and done it all from a defensive line point of view. He doesn\u2019t put his ego into it beyond executing his job and making sure others execute theirs. As long as everyone is on point, he sees the potential this Steelers team has<\/a>, too. But it starts with every man doing his job within the service of the greater whole.<\/p>\n \u201cI pride myself on being able to do it all and play from anywhere and get the job done. I don\u2019t consider myself flashy, I don\u2019t consider myself pretty\u201d. Joseph-Day went on, \u201cI don\u2019t try to be pretty. Bring your hardhat and your lunch pail and just get it done, you know?\u201d.<\/p>\n The Steelers signed Joseph-Day this offseason to a two-year, $11 million contract. He stacks in behind Heyward, Harmon, and Keeanu Benton for a starting role, but will pair with Black as key rotational contributors<\/a>. Traditionally, they only dress five defensive linemen on game day, but there\u2019s potentially room for one more. Currently, Esezi Otomewo and Logan Lee would be the top candidates.<\/p>\n The Steelers have lacked quality depth along the defensive line for years since the line including Stephon Tuitt, Javon Hargrave, and Tyson Alualu dissolved. That\u2019s why they drafted two defensive linemen last year, including one in the first round. They could certainly add another this year, though probably not that early again. They do have to prepare for eventually life after Cam Heyward, though. Sebastian Joseph-Day should be a welcome contributor<\/a>, but that\u2019s one problem in particular he is not equipped to solve.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"If Sebastian Joseph-Day sounds like a Steelers defensive lineman already, that\u2019s no coincidence. They brought him here for…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":836661,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,18712,6,520,57,2360,12134,426,691],"class_list":["post-836660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-football","tag-missi-matthews","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-pittsburghsteelers","tag-sebastian-joseph-day","tag-steelers","tag-trending"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116300757447891883","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836660","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=836660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836660\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/836661"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}