Hearing that Preston Smith requested a trade from the Green Bay Packers made me a bit leery. It isn’t his fault, but more so some distrust built up by the likes of Melvin Ingram, who requested his way out of town after being dissatisfied with his role behind T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith.
The Steelers pay their top two edge rushers well and thus play them for a majority of the team’s snaps. Therein lies the conundrum of trying to add a solid veteran edge rusher behind them.
Smith is in his 10th season and found himself on the Steelers just a few weeks after requesting a trade from the Packers.