Derrick Harmon, Yahya Black, and Jack Sawyer are all off to hot starts. The most impressive of them is Harmon, who dominated every single practice during the first week, proving why the Steelers drafted him in the first round of the 2025 NFL Draft.

Former Steelers OL Nate Herbig, whose brother Nick still plays in Pittsburgh, retired on Tuesday after missing all of last season with a torn rotator cuff.

Here are three things to watch for at the Steelers first padded practice. The offensive and defensive lines have gone at it for a week but have been forced to hold back. If we were making a prediction, we would look for offensive tackle Troy Fautanu to get up in the face of a Steelers defensive lineman, and it's going to boil over.