The Pittsburgh Steelers picked up a pair of defenders for the front and back ends of the defense in the second round of the 2023 NFL Draft, both of whom have flashed during training camp. Yet even more impressive perhaps then CB Joey Porter Jr. and DL Keeanu Benton has been OLB Nick Herbig, the fourth-rounder out of Wisconsin.
That’s at least going by a pure results-based analysis, but on the whole, Herbig has really opened eyes with his pass-rush ability and has even gotten some offensive players talking about the difficulties of trying to block him. So is there something behind the hype?