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Scout’s Eye with Matt Williamson: Herbig's that good of a player

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Hockey, Steelers, Penguins, Football, Nfl, Matt Williamson, Nhl, Pittsburgh, Mlb, Baseball, Dejan Kovacevic, Dk Pittsburgh Sports, Pittsburgh Penguin, Pittsburgh Pirates, Pittsburgh Steelers, Sports, Pirates

4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 11 minutes

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0:00.0

Well, hello, everyone.

0:08.0

Matt Williamson here.

0:09.0

How's it going?

0:10.4

Things are good on my end.

0:13.1

Some action from the South Side, namely a contract extension, as I'm sure you've heard.

0:19.9

For Nick Herbig, four years, 100 million,

0:25.0

includes 42 million in guaranteed money, obviously an average annual salary of 25 million per year.

0:36.4

I love it. I know that, is that a lot of money? Yeah, it's an awful lot of money. Is he a backup?

0:44.6

I guess technically, yes. But I think he's a great football player. And frankly, I think he's one of the best edge rushers in the league.

0:56.9

I want to start with his run defense. I think that has improved every step of the way.

1:02.5

And last year was clearly his best run defense season. I don't think he'll ever be

1:08.5

James Harrison set in the edge or T.J. Watt is a run defender.

1:13.9

And I also think that's a big reason Sawyer was drafted a year ago is if Highsmith or Watt were to get injured.

1:21.9

I think they wanted Sawyer to do a little bit early down stuff while Herbig would, you know, stepped into the starting

1:27.8

role. And I think that totally adds up. That being said, as it stands now, and I don't think

1:36.6

this will change, Herbig does not have to be an every down player, but I definitely expect his role

1:42.5

to grow.

1:45.7

So I think he's a good run defender.

1:49.4

I also think he can play off the ball a little bit and can drop into coverage quite a bit.

1:52.4

It's not why you're paying him.

1:53.6

You're paying him to be a great pass rusher, as I mentioned.

1:58.5

But I bring that up the off-the-ball stuff and dropping into coverage because just

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