Steelers insider hints at interesting possible trade candidate for Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh Steelers insider Gerry Dulac hinted that one of two of the team's edge rushers could get traded at some point, and he wasn't talking about Nick Herbig.
Steelers insider hints at interesting possible trade candidate for Pittsburgh originally appeared on The Sporting News . Add The Sporting News as a Preferred Source by clicking here . There is still a lot of time left in the offseason for the Pittsburgh Steelers to make a big move and one insider believes that move could involve an edge rusher.
In his latest Steelers chat, Gerry Dulac of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette hinted that the team could trade one of its edge rushers not named Nick Herbig, who has ascended since being drafted in the fourth round of the 2023 NFL Draft. Dulac did not name the edge rusher, but noted that he thinks "the trade would involve someone ahead of" Herbig, which means either T. J.
Watt or Alex Highsmith. Talk about an interesting suggestion. Would the Steelers trade Watt or Highsmith?
Charles LeClaire-Imagn Images With Herbig developing into a good player, the Steelers are one of the few teams in the NFL that can actually afford to deal a player from a premium position like edge rusher. While we'd never say a Watt trade is impossible, Highsmith remains a far more likely trade candidate than the superstar edge rusher, simply because Watt is so important to Pittsburgh's defense. That's not to say Highsmith isn't important, because he certainly is after proving to be a productive player over the years, but he has been limited by injuries in the last two and has just two more years left on his current contract.