Steelers’ Derrick Harmon initially thought knee injury was serious

Pittsburgh – Pittsburg steelers First round pick Deric harmony On Saturday, he said that he initially feared MCL sprain which took him out of the Presiden Finale, “serious”.

“Mostly,” Harmon said, asked if he was relieved in diagnosis. “I thought it was serious, but it was not so serious. But still something [to] Get rehab on and this is my main focus right now, just to attack the rehabilitation and that I got to bring back to the field and help the team. ,

In April, number 21 was selected in April, Natch echoed the earlier timeline of coach Mike Tomlin that the defensive tack is “week-by-week”. Depending on the degree of severity, it can take several weeks to a month to heal the MCL sprain. The season opener is still two weeks away with the batsman, the hormone can avoid landing on a short -term injured reserve.

Harmon, who said that he did not need surgery, said injury when he was killed in a play before exiting the field. He said that he tried to play through it but decided that he needed to investigate it. When he got out of a locker room on a car with a towel above his head and a forelourne look on his face.

“I didn’t know what it was at that time, that’s why I was in that mood, in that head space,” he said.

Harmon returned to the sideline to the fourth quarter and was laughing with the teammates Cameron Haward And TJ Watt On the bench.

“Really just don’t get too much in my head, man,” Hormone said about his message. “The injury is part of this game and is part of what we do at this stage. So just trying to maintain my hopes and keep me mentally ready and mentally focused.

“I was still in that head space, but once I reached next to my colleagues, they gave me happiness. They told me that I have to get out of my head and that is really telling me. So I was laughing like this.”

Harmon accepted his disappointment over the time of injury after a strong training camp, where he was a starter on the defensive line.

“Surely disappointed, man,” he said. “The final presiden and actually excited to get out of there in a regular season and compete at a high level. And it is useless, but it’s part of the game we play. So just got to attack this rehabilitation.”