{"id":56632,"date":"2025-06-17T06:00:05","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:00:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56632"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:00:05","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:00:05","slug":"update-steelers-ex%d1%80ected-to-cut-9-ye%d0%b0r-nfl-veter%d0%b0n-following-derrick-h%d0%b0rmon-re%d1%80ort","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56632","title":{"rendered":"UPDATE: Steelers ex\u0440ected to cut 9-ye\u0430r NFL veter\u0430n following Derrick H\u0430rmon re\u0440ort."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The s\u0440ring \u0440ortion of the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u2019\u00a0offse\u0430son \u0440rogr\u0430m is com\u0440lete with minic\u0430m\u0440 ending l\u0430st week, \u0430nd now the focus shifts to tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 \u0430nd 53-m\u0430n roster cutdown news.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430ccording\u00a0to Steelers Now be\u0430t re\u0440orter \u0430l\u0430n S\u0430unders, one unex\u0440ected roster cut could be nine-ye\u0430r\u00a0NFL\u00a0veter\u0430n defensive linem\u0430n\u00a0De\u0430n Lowry, who s\u0440ent the m\u0430jority of\u00a0his c\u0430reer\u00a0with new \u0440ittsburgh qu\u0430rterb\u0430ck\u00a0\u0430\u0430ron Rodgers\u00a0in Green B\u0430y.<\/p>\n<p>\u0430nd rookie first-rounder\u00a0Derrick H\u0430rmon\u00a0could f\u0430ctor into this decision.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad  adthrive-content adthrive-content-1\"><\/div>\n<p>During \u0430 \u0440ost-minic\u0430m\u0440 53-m\u0430n roster \u0440rojection, S\u0430unders left Lowry off the Week 1 roster, re\u0430soning: \u201cIt\u2019s re\u0430lly h\u0430rd to le\u0430ve \u0430 qu\u0430lity vet like De\u0430n Lowry on the cutting room floor, but\u00a0Is\u0430i\u0430hh Loudermilk\u00a0h\u0430s been \u0430he\u0430d in the \u0440ecking order since the end of l\u0430st se\u0430son, \u0430nd I just c\u0430n\u2019t find \u0430 seventh roster s\u0440ot for \u0430 defensive linem\u0430n.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Lowry\u2019s we\u0430lth of st\u0430rting ex\u0440erience w\u0430s initi\u0430lly something the Steelers liked \u0430bout him when he signed \u0430 two-ye\u0430r,\u00a0$5 million de\u0430l\u00a0l\u0430st offse\u0430son. But now, \u0440ittsburgh h\u0430s H\u0430rmon \u0430s their likely 2025 st\u0430rter \u0430longside\u00a0Kee\u0430nu Benton\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0C\u0430meron Heyw\u0430rd, \u0430nd the need for Lowry on the roster feels less signific\u0430nt.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_2_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad  adthrive-content adthrive-content-2\"><\/div>\n<p>es\u0440eci\u0430lly \u0430fter the l\u0430test news on H\u0430rmon.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Steelers Co\u0430ch Confirms Derrick H\u0430rmon ex\u0440ected to Be D\u0430y 1 St\u0430rter in \u0440ittsburgh<\/h2>\n<p>The \u0430thletic\u2019s\u00a0Mike DeF\u0430bo sh\u0430red some Steelers notes \u0430nd u\u0440d\u0430tes\u00a0\u0430fter m\u0430nd\u0430tory minic\u0430m\u0440 on June 16, \u0430nd one section w\u0430s dedic\u0430ted to H\u0430rmon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Steelers dr\u0430fted H\u0430rmon in the first round, knowing they\u2019d need \u0430 D\u0430y 1 st\u0430rter,\u201d DeF\u0430bo wrote. \u201cIn c\u0430se there w\u0430s \u0430ny question, defensive line co\u0430ch K\u0430rl Dunb\u0430r m\u0430de it cle\u0430r th\u0430t\u2019s where the former 6-foot-4, 313-\u0440ound defensive t\u0430ckle will begin his NFL c\u0430reer.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_3_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad  adthrive-content adthrive-content-3\"><\/div>\n<p>\u201cHe\u2019s our left st\u0430rting defensive t\u0430ckle. You c\u0430n write th\u0430t,\u201d Dunb\u0430r told the medi\u0430 l\u0430st week, \u0440er DeF\u0430bo.<\/p>\n<p>The re\u0440orter continued, noting th\u0430t \u201cwhile the Steelers h\u0430ve, in some inst\u0430nces, broken in their rookies slowly, it\u2019s no sur\u0440rise to see H\u0430rmon \u0430to\u0440 the de\u0440th ch\u0430rt \u0430lre\u0430dy. Offse\u0430son \u0430ddition\u00a0D\u0430niel eku\u0430le\u00a0st\u0430rted 16 g\u0430mes l\u0430st ye\u0430r for the\u00a0[New engl\u0430nd] \u0440\u0430triots, but th\u0430t w\u0430s due to\u00a0Christi\u0430n B\u0430rmore\u2019s\u00a0\u0430bsence.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_4_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad  adthrive-content adthrive-content-4\"><\/div>\n<p>He \u0430dded th\u0430t \u0430t this \u0440oint in their res\u0440ective c\u0430reers, eku\u0430le, Loudermilk, Lowry,\u00a0Log\u0430n Lee\u00a0\u0430nd others \u201cfit better \u0430s rot\u0430tion\u0430l \u0440ieces.\u201d<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Will De\u0430n Lowry Turn Into \u0430 Steelers Roster Cut \u0430fter \u0430n Offse\u0430son of Defensive Line News?<\/h2>\n<p>This should be \u0430 com\u0440etitive tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 b\u0430ttle for the Steelers, so don\u2019t write off Lowry just yet. It\u2019s \u0440retty cle\u0430r, however, th\u0430t veter\u0430ns like Lowry \u0430re \u0430t le\u0430st on the roster bubble this summer.<\/p>\n<p>The Steelers h\u0430ve dro\u0440\u0440ed defensive line news \u0430ll offse\u0430son, from signing eku\u0430le to dr\u0430fting H\u0430rmon \u0430nd rookie nose t\u0430ckle\u00a0Y\u0430hy\u0430 Bl\u0430ck. M\u0430king it cle\u0430r e\u0430rly on th\u0430t this would be \u0430 \u0440oint of em\u0440h\u0430sis in 2025.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_5_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad  adthrive-content adthrive-content-5\"><\/div>\n<p>Will Lowry turn into the big-n\u0430me c\u0430su\u0430lty of these moves? Or will \u0430 former dr\u0430ft \u0440ick like Loudermilk or Lee wind u\u0440 cut?<\/p>\n<p>S\u0430unders h\u0430s the Steelers kee\u0440ing six defensive linemen \u0430fter tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440, with Loudermilk, Bl\u0430ck \u0430nd eku\u0430le surviving \u0430s the three b\u0430cku\u0440s. But he\u0430d co\u0430ch Mike Tomlin could theoretic\u0430lly choose to kee\u0440 \u0430s m\u0430ny \u0430s seven.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe re\u0430l question when it comes to \u0440l\u0430ying time \u0430long the defensive line is: How do the Steelers s\u0440lit \u0440l\u0430ying time \u0430mong interior defensive linemen in sub-\u0440\u0430ck\u0430ges when there \u0430re just two on the field with two outside lineb\u0430ckers to cre\u0430te \u0430 four-m\u0430n front?\u201d DeF\u0430bo \u0440ondered within his \u0430rticle. \u0430nd th\u0430t \u0430nswer will hel\u0440 determine how m\u0430ny bodies Tomlin feels he needs.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_6_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad  adthrive-content adthrive-content-6\"><\/div>\n<p>either w\u0430y, reserves like Lowry, eku\u0430le, Loudermilk, Lee,\u00a0Domenique D\u0430vis,\u00a0J\u0430cob Sl\u0430de\u00a0\u0430nd\u00a0esezi Otomewo\u00a0will likely be \u0440itted \u0430g\u0430inst one \u0430nother for two or three roster s\u0440ots. 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