For the first time in his young career, Nick Herbig won’t just be following T.J. Watt. He’ll be starting opposite of him. Learning from one of the NFL’s best for the last 18 months, Herbig gets the chance to start at linebacker with Alex Highsmith sidelined by a groin injury. On the latest edition of his weekly show via the team’s YouTube channel, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin described the relationship between Herbig and Watt, a couple of Badgers turned Steelers.
“His belief in self is at a high level,” Tomlin told host Bob Pompeani of Herbig’s confidence and success.