Draft day trade Highsmith or Herbig?

[WindyCitySteel]

Out of 119 edge defenders in the NFL.

People who don't understand analytics are the loudest critics of it. Your point is valid.

 

[SteelerFan448]

Moving TJ around isn't some magic elixir, the offense will simply shift the guys assigned to chip him. Having to scheme up a guy with a $42M cap hit is kind of a problem.

Found his get off time numbers: 0.75 in 2023 and 0.87 in 2025.

https://www.pennlive.com/steelers/2025/12/pittsburgh-steelers-star-pass-rusher-tj-watt-misses-practice-with-new-injury.html

People who don't understand analytics are the loudest critics of it. Your point is valid.

Yeah and I'm not even trying to sell PFF as the final say in performance, just that there's a myth Herbig is a "pass rusher only" type of player.

 

[DesertSteel]

He was getting chipped when he was getting 20 sacks a year. Do you have the stats from those years?

 

[Skott]

Steelers hang onto these older players way too long and it hurts them in the long run

 

[xjx]

Trading Highsmith and playing Herbig gets us younger. Its a young man's sport.

 

[slashsteel]

I guess I am just against trading pass rushers if you don’t have to. But without a franchise QB if one gets traded for a pick next year I could live with it. Doubt the team would do it but I would listen if I was a GM.

 

[Djfan]

 

[Black & Gold Bleeder]

Reminds me of Amos Zeroue.

one guy is 3 down LB the other is sub.