Malik Harrison is looking forward to facing his old team, and the Steelers' biggest rival

The Ravens and Steelers are scheduled to meet on Sunday afternoon, and Pittsburgh has two linebackers who'll enter the game extremely familiar with the team they are facing. Patrick Queen could miss the game with a glute injury, but Malik Harrison is looking forward to facing his former team.

“I mean, yeah, definitely,” Harrison said Monday from UPMC Rooney Sports Complex when asked if Sunday’s game against his former team will carry extra significance. “I still love Baltimore. I’d been there for five years. I’ve still got love for everybody out here. I’ve got a lot of friends out there, so it’s going to be different, but I’m here now.”

“Here” is with the Steelers, serving as a stout, run-stuffing linebacker. Harrison has started each of the past five games since he returned from a knee injury suffered during his Week 1 Steelers debut. Harrison played a season-high 52 defensive snaps during Sunday’s game — but that isn’t necessarily a good thing, seeing as the Steelers were shredded for 249 Buffalo Bills rushing yards in a 26-7 loss.

“We just weren’t making plays,” Harrison said. “Maybe people got out their gaps. It’s just little things. I don’t think it’s a (long-term) problem or anything.”

Harrison could be in line for an increased role with Queen out.

Queen suffered a hip injury late in the second quarter of the 26-7 loss to Buffalo. Initially announced by the team as questionable to return, early in the third quarter, the Steelers announced that Queen would miss the rest of the game. Queen led the Steelers in tackles last season after joining the team on a lucrative deal following his departure from the Ravens. Sunday, Buffalo had 249 rushing yards, the most by an opponent in Pittsburgh in more than 50 years. Five snaps later, cornerback James Pierre suffered a concussion. Though Pierre returned to the game briefly, he was later announced as out. This news comes on the heels of Pittsburgh ruling defensive tackle Derrick Harmon out for this contest.

Pierre made his third consecutive start at outside cornerback in place of veteran Darius Slay. Slay suffered a concussion during a Nov. 9 loss at the Los Angeles Chargers and missed the following game. Slay was a healthy inactive.

Asante Samuel stepped in for Pierre against Buffalo, after the five-year NFL starter, who had offseason neck surgery, was signed to the Steelers’ practice squad on Nov. 12.

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