T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith are the two highest-paid edge rushers on the roster, but Nick Herbig has undeniably made himself impossible to keep off the field. Pittsburgh Steelers DC Teryl Austin acknowledged that as Highsmith gets ready to return from injury.
“He’s earned the right to be on the field as much as we can get him on the field,” Austin said via The Athletic’s Mike DeFabo and Pat McAfee Show’s Mark Kaboly on X. “As we get going this long season, he’s gonna play a lot of snaps for us and play a lot of football.