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NFL Front Office Member Highly Receptive To Idea Nick Herbig Is Better Pass Rusher Than T.J. Watt

Not only does Nick Herbig deserve more snaps, some are beginning to wonder if he’s the best pass rusher on the Pittsburgh Steelers. Even better than T.J. Watt. ESPN’s analytics guru Seth Walder didn’t just wonder aloud but asked a front office source if the idea was crazy. The response? Not at all.

“Nick Herbig has a 40 percent pass rush win rate at EDGE right now,” Walder told The Ringer’s Sheil Kapaida. “Pass rush win rate is the measure at which, and a defensive lineman gets past their blocker within 2.5 seconds. Just to put that in context, that’s best in the NFL….