Nick Herbig may not be moving to inside linebacker anytime soon, but that doesn’t mean that he can’t look up to the lone man left standing from Pittsburgh’s initial inside linebacker rotation to start the season.
That man would be LB Elandon Roberts, who has become Pittsburgh’s three-down linebacker after losing both Cole Holcomb and Kwon Alexander in back-to-back weeks. Roberts has seen his snaps jump from around 40-50% to playing nearly every down the last several weeks when he hasn’t gotten hurt. Herbig spoke glowingly about Roberts to the media on Wednesday, praising the veteran and the example he sets for the rest of the defense with his play on the field as well as his demeanor and toughness.