Truth be told, I wasn’t expecting to see much of Alex Highsmith this season as a rookie. At least not outside of special teams for the Pittsburgh Steelers. But the more that I hear players and coaches talk about the third-round draft pick, the more it sounds as though he is going to have a legitimate chance to be the first pass-rusher off the bench when T.J. Watt and Bud Dupree come to the sideline.
The latter spoke of his young teammate earlier today before practice, saying that he is seemingly ahead of schedule. “Alex is doing real good.