During the 2019 season, neither T.J. Watt nor Bud Dupree missed a game for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and it translated into the second-most prolific pass-rushing season for an outside linebacker duo in team history, behind James Harrison and LaMarr Woodley during the 2008 Super Bowl run. So that all went according to plan
Each of them saw career-high snap counts, as well. That, apparently, wasn’t necessarily the plan. And the plan to make corrections now includes Alex Highsmith, the team’s third-round pick out of Charlotte during the 2020 NFL Draft, who looks to come in and provide a pass-rushing upgrade over the previously-released Anthony Chickillo as the number three edge rusher.