Highsmith or Nick Herbig on the trade block?

Unfortunately, the solution to all the uncertainty you mentioned is to draft better. That is the root of all current Steeler problems. In the case of the Edge position, each of the top 3 players brings almost as many questions as answers.

Watt has $94M guaranteed the next three years. At 32 can he possibly return to making the kind of impact that the money calls for, and will he still be able to do it by the time the Steelers are contenders?

Highsmith is a good player, but not nearly as impactful as prime Watt. Much cheaper with a cap hit just over $20M each of the next two seasons, but has missed 10 games the last two seasons and often seems dinged up.

Herbig has performed well as the rotation guy, but as he enters the last year of his deal a choice has to be made. Let him start or let him walk. No history as a full-time starter (11 starts in 3 years) but has performed well in limited action. Will his slight build make it difficult to hold up through 17 starts? A raise will be in the works whether he stays or goes. He won't get Highsmith money without a breakout season in '26, but somewhere between Malik Harrison and Highsmith puts him in the $12-15M range over 4 years. If he shows he can physically hold up, especially with the help of good rotational depth, he'll outperform that contract.

 

No one should ever feel bad about insulting that a cowardly troll like Madden.

 

Maybe the game against the Vikings last year, but for the most part, he disappears when asked to start.

 

I knew this guy was a complete and utter moron after the '03 draft when he said Ike Taylor was the worst Steelers draft pick of all time on Post Gazette. Same thing occurred to me when some douchebag with a comb-over haircut went after Obama's birth certificate in 2011. Morons are very good at revealing themselves.

 

On the advice of a wise man I retract my guilt