Nick Herbig injured his hamstring with just three defensive snaps during the second preseason game on Aug. 16, and it forced him to miss the Pittsburgh Steelers’ Week 1 game against the New York Jets. It sounds like he is trending towards playing in Week 2 against the Seattle Seahawks.
“OLB Nick Herbig (hamstring) said he’s ‘very optimistic’ he’s going to play on Sunday vs. Seahawks,” ESPN’s Brooke Pryor wrote on X.
OLB Nick Herbig (hamstring) said he’s “very optimistic” he’s going to play on Sunday vs. Seahawks
With Herbig out in Week 1, rookie fourth-round OLB Jack Sawyer was the primary rotational pass rusher to spell T.