The Pittsburgh Steelers are known for having great outside linebackers. Right now, the team is confident they have three of them: T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith, and Nick Herbig. Though the depth chart only holds two official starting spots, outside linebackers coach Denzel Martin knows that doesn’t tell the story.
“Oh yeah. The production we get out of those three guys. For sure, three starters,” Martin said in video provided by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Wednesday.
So far, the Steelers haven’t had their “three starters” healthy together. Herbig missed Week 1 with a preseason hamstring injury. He returned Week 2 but Alex Highsmith lasted just 10 snaps before suffering a high ankle sprain.