Will the Pittsburgh Steelers sign outside linebacker Alex Highsmith to a contract extension this offseason? It’s certainly hard to answer that question as we sit here in late January and Steelers team president Art Rooney II certainly didn’t say one way or the other when it comes to that topic when he met the media this past week. If there is one player that the Steelers could extend this offseason, Highsmith is the easy choice so with that, let’s take a quick look at what his value this offseason might be.
For the sake of this exercise, I have pulled the top 25 highest paid edge rushers from Over the Cap to compare them to Highsmith.