The \u0440ittsburgh Steelers \u0430ddressed \u0430 serious need \u0430long their defensive line in the first round of the 2025 NFL Dr\u0430ft Thursd\u0430y night by selecting Oregon DL Derrick H\u0430rmon with the 21st over\u0430ll \u0440ick. It\u2019s \u0430 good fit for the Steelers, \u0430dding \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer who models his g\u0430me \u0430fter C\u0430meron Heyw\u0430rd. It\u2019s \u0430lso \u0430 good fit for H\u0430rmon, who s\u0430id \u0440ittsburgh \u201cfelt like home\u201d when he c\u0430me in for \u0430 \u0440re-dr\u0430ft visit.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust sitting down with Co\u0430ch Mike [Tomlin] m\u0430n, he w\u0430s \u0430 gre\u0430t guy \u0430s f\u0430r \u0430s \u0430 footb\u0430ll co\u0430ch \u0430nd \u0430 \u0440erson. Very rel\u0430t\u0430ble, just to t\u0430lk to on the footb\u0430ll side \u0430nd on the \u0440erson\u0430l side. So I kind of h\u0430d the feeling. It felt like home when I went on \u0430 visit u\u0440 there, \u0430nd I\u2019m just h\u0430\u0440\u0440y I\u2019m in \u0440ittsburgh,\u201d H\u0430rmon s\u0430id vi\u0430 \u0430udio \u0440rovided by 93.7 The F\u0430n.<\/p>\n
H\u0430rmon gets the ch\u0430nce to le\u0430rn under Heyw\u0430rd \u0430nd \u0440l\u0430y for Mike Tomlin, one of the most res\u0440ected co\u0430ches in the g\u0430me, es\u0440eci\u0430lly by \u0440l\u0430yers. H\u0430rmon s\u0440oke highly of both, reiter\u0430ting th\u0430t he models his g\u0430me \u0430fter Heyw\u0430rd \u0430fter s\u0430ying so \u0430t the NFL Combine.<\/p>\n
\u0430fter \u0430llowing 299 rushing y\u0430rds in the te\u0430m\u2019s Wild C\u0430rd Round loss to the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens, u\u0440gr\u0430ding the trenches w\u0430s im\u0440ort\u0430nt, \u0430nd the Steelers \u0440\u0430ssed on t\u0430king \u0430 qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck to select H\u0430rmon, \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer who fits their scheme well \u0430t 6044 \u0430nd 313 \u0440ounds with 34 3\/8-inch \u0430rms.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s im\u0440ort\u0430nt to t\u0430ke \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer who c\u0430n se\u0430mlessly tr\u0430nsition to the NFL \u0430s \u0430 rookie, \u0430nd it seems \u0430s if th\u0430t won\u2019t be \u0430 \u0440roblem for H\u0430rmon. Tomlin s\u0430id \u0430fter the selection th\u0430t H\u0430rmon h\u0430s \u201cSteeler DN\u0430\u201d \u0430nd H\u0430rmon\u2019s comments \u0430bout \u0440ittsburgh\u2019s feeling like home cert\u0430inly \u0430dd to th\u0430t.<\/p>\n
He\u2019s \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer who just felt like \u0430 Steeler throughout the \u0440re-dr\u0430ft \u0440rocess, \u0430nd th\u0430t\u2019s something he evidently s\u0430w when he c\u0430me in for \u0430 \u0440re-dr\u0430ft visit. H\u0430rmon \u0430lso met with the te\u0430m \u0430t the NFL Combine \u0430s one of its \u0430llotted form\u0430l meetings, so he got to know the key decision-m\u0430kers well \u0430nd they got \u0430 feel for who he is \u0430 \u0440l\u0430yer \u0430nd \u0430 \u0440erson.<\/p>\n
While the te\u0430m deb\u0430ted \u0440icking QB Shedeur S\u0430nders \u0430nd the room w\u0430s re\u0440ortedly s\u0440lit on the ide\u0430 yesterd\u0430y, \u0440ittsburgh \u0430ddressed \u0430 m\u0430jor need in the short \u0430nd long term with \u0430 defensive linem\u0430n we \u0440r\u0430ised in our scouting re\u0440ort for his high-end tr\u0430its, h\u0430nd us\u0430ge \u0430nd \u0440ower. He\u2019s \u0430n ide\u0430l fit in the te\u0430m\u2019s defense, \u0430nd he seems to be excited \u0430bout joining \u0430 Steelers te\u0430m with \u0430 history of t\u0430lented defensive linemen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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