He doesn’t see the field defensively all that often, but when he does, Pittsburgh Steelers’ rookie outside linebacker Nick Herbig is quite impactful.
That was the case Sunday in Seattle for the former fourth-round pick out of Wisconsin. Herbig saw the field for just two defensive snaps, but on one of those snaps he made a game-changing play, forcing a fumble on a strip-sack of Seahawks’ quarterback Geno Smith, recovering the fumble and helping set up the Steelers for a field goal on a short field.
Herbig’s impressive pass rush and play made on the ball earned plenty of praise after the game.