The Pittsburgh Steelers likely will not have Alex Highsmith, Nick Herbig, or DeMarvin Leal to rush the passer tomorrow. While they will have T.J. Watt, they won’t have anybody else who threatens any opposing offensive coordinator. That will allow teams to focus all their energy on neutralizing Watt, so how do the Steelers adapt? How creative should they be in generating pressure while lacking quality edge depth?
“I think you could [be creative], but you’ve got to be careful in terms of overdoing it, in terms of just throwing stuff out there to try to get something done,” Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin said on Thursday, via transcript provided by the team’s media department.