For years, the Pittsburgh Steelers’ greatest strength has been their pass rush. T.J. Watt, Cam Heyward and company have terrorized opposing offenses. However, near the end of last season, they were less effective. Watt in particular had far less of an impact than he usually does, not recording a sack over the Steelers’ final three regular season games. This year, the Steelers are trying something a little different on defense, flirting with the idea of moving Watt and Alex Highsmith around. Highsmith recently shared his thoughts on that concept.
“We’re definitely trying to do that because, I know for us, we’ve played on the same side for at least my whole career,” Highsmith said Sunday via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s YouTube channel.