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PITTSBURGH -- The Seattle Seahawks face the Pittsburgh Steelers in a NFL Week 2 matchup on Sunday. Shoring up the run defense was an emphasis this offseason, yet the Steelers struggled against the Jets. The defense will be tested in a different way against Seattle's zone scheme without first-round rookie defensive tackle Derrick Harmon (knee). Watch out for No. 3 corner Josh Jobe, whose combination of size (6-foot-4, 210 pounds) and speed might make him Seattle's best option to match up with former Seahawk DK Metcalf.

The 29-year-old former Patriots captain was released by New England in a surprising move on cutdown day last month. Peppers had just signed a contract extension with the team last year. "It is what it is, sometimes you're not good enough," Peppers said in a video posted to YouTube by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "You play a long time in this league, you know, you're going to get traded or cut."

The Steelers and captain Cameron Heyward reached agreement Saturday night on a revised deal that will add over $3 million in incentives to his contract this year and allows him to earn up to $18 million this season, a source told ESPN's Adam Schefter. With the contract adjustments finalized, Heyward now will play Sunday vs. the Jets. Heyward was a brief hold-in late in training camp amid frustrations about the state of negotiations,