Pittsburgh Steelers rookie OLB Nick Herbig has put on a show so far in 40 snaps this preseason, silencing pre-draft concerns on if he could stick on the edge in the NFL so far. Today I wanted to look at how his performance has stacked up across the league. With Pro Football Focus (PFF) being one of the only advanced stats services that track the preseason, let’s begin with grades for the edge rusher position in run defense, pass rush, and overall defense as their dot sizes (minimum of 20 defensive snaps):
Here we get nice comparative context across the league to the impact Herbig has provided.