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Bobby B: I know we can’t live paranoid, but it seems like Harmon is the only rookie that you might wanna sit in a chippy, battle-to-make-the team preseason game. It could happen at any time, but it sometimes seems like the Steelers tempt the fates.

Brian: No, I’m not going to second-guess Mike Tomlin playing Derrick Harmon too much in that final preseason game. First of all, it’s the dress rehearsal, the last chance for a rookie to acclimate to NFL game speed before the real thing when Justin Fields might sidestep his pass rush and escape for a first down along the right sideline. Second, it wasn’t even the second half yet.

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