{"id":62595,"date":"2025-12-16T19:44:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:44:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/62595\/"},"modified":"2025-12-16T19:44:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-16T19:44:07","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-expect-to-have-star-defender-back-vs-lions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/62595\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers expect to have star defender back vs. Lions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Pittsburgh Steelers seemed to be at an obvious disadvantage against the Miami Dolphins without defensive tackle Derrick Harmon in the lineup against the ground attack led by running back De\u2019Von Achane. However, the Steelers were more than ready for whatever the Dolphins threw at them, limiting Achane to just 60 yards on the ground.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Pittsburgh will face arguably its toughest matchup of the season, though, in Week 16 when it travels to Detroit to take on the Lions. Jahmyr Gibbs is in the midst of a tremendous season, totaling just under 1,600 yards from scrimmage and 16 total touchdowns. And while he and the rest of the Lions offense present a clear challenge, the Steelers will likely have Harmon back in the lineup for Week 16, per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/live\/WZ7jUS4db7g?si=6ME48eD_LSFtCjhl\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Mike Tomlin in his weekly press conference.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Harmon has been tremendous in his rookie campaign, registering 17 run stuffs, per Next Gen Stats, and acting as a large clog in the middle of the defensive line to prevent big runs. While Gibbs is someone you can only hope to contain rather than completely shut down, the Steelers having Harmon in the middle of the defense will make that a much easier task.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers seemed to be at an obvious disadvantage against the Miami Dolphins without defensive tackle Derrick&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":62596,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,10947,4853,7106],"class_list":["post-62595","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-injuries","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-roster"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62595","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62595"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62595\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/62596"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62595"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62595"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62595"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}