After a 14.5-sack season in 2022, Pittsburgh Steelers OLB Alex Highsmith didn’t replicate his success at bringing the quarterback down in 2023, with seven sacks. Despite that, Highsmith was still highly productive last season, and during an appearance on Green Light with Chris Long, Highsmith talked about his mentality to never be satisfied, no matter what his sack total is. He also said that he felt last season he was rushing better at times during his 14.5-sack season, but he just didn’t get to the quarterback as much.
“Sometimes when I feel like when I’m rushing well, there was a couple games I felt like I was rushing really well last year and beating my guy and just didn’t hit home.