Watching Nick Herbig, it’s hard not to get excited about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ future at outside linebacker—but is he already making Alex Highsmith the past? For months now, people have floated Highsmith’s name as a potential trade candidate—for Brandon Aiyuk, for example. While that isn’t necessarily around the corner, Gerry Dulac sees it as a future possibility.
“I think they need to find a way to get [Nick Herbig] on the field even more”, Dulac wrote in a recent chat session via the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. “I think eventually he forces Alex Highsmith out”.
The word “eventually” seems to be holding a lot of weight in this conversation, for practical reasons and otherwise.