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Keith Butler Tries To Articulate Why Mike Hilton Is Such An Effective Blitzer

Only two players in the NFL right now have more sacks than Mike Hilton, and one of those is his teammate, T.J. Watt. While two and a half sacks isn’t an absurd number through two games—after all, Watt got all of his on Sunday—Hilton is the only member of the Pittsburgh Steelers so far to record a sack in multiple games.

And he’s a nickel back. And this isn’t new for him, either. He has 8.5 sacks in 49 career games, which is the second-most among defensive backs during that time, behind only Jamal Adams, who has 14—including two already this season with the Seattle Seahawks.