The sack numbers might not be there currently for Pittsburgh Steelers outside linebacker Alex Highsmith, but that doesn’t mean he isn’t impacting the game by getting after the quarterback.
Highsmith, who signed a four-year, $68 million extension in the offseason to remain a member of the Steelers long-term, leads the NFL with 49 pressures. However, those pressures aren’t always leading to sacks as Highsmith has just 4.5 sacks on the season.
For the fourth-year pass rusher he’s not discouraged by the low number of sacks, especially coming off of a 14.5-sack season in 2022 because he knows he’s still disrupting the passer at a high rate with the amount of pressures he’s generating.