It’s just two days into training camp for the Pittsburgh Steelers, and the football on the field has occurred with just shorts and helmets so it’s hard to read too much into developments. But rookie fourth-round draft pick Nick Herbig certainly looks like he belongs at outside linebacker.
Coming out of the University of Wisconsin with an impressive resume, which included 11.0 sacks in 2022, Herbig was looked at as an outside linebacker with inside versatility in the NFL. That outlook from the Steelers after selecting Herbig to slot behind the likes of T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith at outside linebacker is one that I thought the Steelers were making a mistake with.