Put simply, Alex Highsmith is a game-wrecker for the Pittsburgh Steelers.
That’s why they made sure to lock him up to a four-year, $68 million extension this summer, keeping him on the opposite side of fellow star pass rusher T.J. Watt for the foreseeable future.
With those two as the booked outside linebackers, the Steelers are in great shape each and every week defensively. That was again the case on Saturday night at Acrisure Stadium just two days before Christmas against the Cincinnati Bengals.
Needing a win to keep their slim playoff hopes alive, the Steelers received some big plays from Highsmith in the 34-11 win as the fourth-year linebacker showed off his complete game off the edge, defending well against the run, putting a ton of pressure on Bengals’ quarterback Jake Browning, forcing him into two turnovers, and even had an impressive interception of his own to put the game away for good.