The Pittsburgh Steelers are dealing with several notable injuries going into Week 3, particularly on defense. Mike Tomlin rattled off several starters as being questionable or out against the New England Patriots. That includes Alex Highsmith, who left the Steelers’ Week 2 game with an ankle injury. Luckily, the Steelers just got Nick Herbig back from his injury, and he’s shown he can be a capable starter. However, that leaves rookie Jack Sawyer as the top backup at that spot. Tomlin is happy with the young pass rusher’s development in a short span of time, though.
“I thought it was a significant improvement in the quality of his play on defense and in [special] teams,” Tomlin said Tuesday during his weekly press conference via the team’s YouTube channel.