Steelers Give Alex Highsmith HUGE Extension Payday | Pittsburgh Has Top Edge Rusher Duo w/T.J. Watt?

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🗓️ 20 July 2023

⏱️ 12 minutes

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Chris Carter of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, hosts the Locked on Steelers podcast with an emergency bonus episode. The Pittsburgh Steelers announced a big extension payday for Alex Highsmith to the tune of four years for $68 million at an average of $17 million for per year on his new seasons, keeping Highsmith with the Steelers thru 2027. That move was vital, not only keeping a player who recorded 14.5 sacks, but also pairing him with T.J. Watt to potentially give the Steelers the best edge rusher duo in the NFL for years to come. CALL INTO THE SHOW AT 412-223-6644 or if international, e-mail your audio message to [email protected] Follow Chris Carter on Twitter: @CarterCritiques. Theme music is 'Soul Kick' by Ceddy P, and 'Too Easy' by Nerdboy. Both from their label Renaissance Music. Find more from their label here. This show is part of the Locked on Podcast Network. DONATE to the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation with this link: https://finest.cff.org/pgh50finest/cartercritiques Support Us By Supporting Our Sponsors! LinkedIn LinkedIn Jobs helps you find the candidates you want to talk to, faster. Post your job for free at LinkedIn.com/LOCKEDONNFL Built Bar Built Bar is a protein bar that tastes like a candy bar. Go to builtbar.com and use promo code “LOCKEDON15,” and you’ll get 15% off your next order. PrizePicks First time users can receive a 100% instant deposit match up to $100 with promo code LOCKEDON. That’s PrizePicks.com – promo code; LOCKEDON Ultimate Football GM To download the game just visit Ultimate-GM.com or look it up on the app stores. Our listeners get a 100% free boost to their franchise when using the promo LOCKEDON (ALL CAPS) in the game store. FanDuel Make Every Moment More. Place your first FIVE DOLLAR bet to get ONE HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS in Free Bets – win or lose! Visit Fanduel.com/LockedOn today to get started FANDUEL DISCLAIMER: 21+ in select states. First online real money wager only. Bonus issued as nonwithdrawable free bets that expires in 14 days. Restrictions apply. See terms at sportsbook.fanduel.com. Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-GAMBLER or visit FanDuel.com/RG (CO, IA, MD, MI, NJ, PA, IL, VA, WV), 1-800-NEXT-STEP or text NEXTSTEP to 53342 (AZ), 1-888-789-7777 or visit ccpg.org/chat (CT), 1-800-9-WITH-IT (IN), 1-800-522-4700 (WY, KS) or visit ksgamblinghelp.com (KS), 1-877-770-STOP (LA), 1-877-8-HOPENY or text HOPENY (467369) (NY), TN REDLINE 1-800-889-9789 (TN) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hey everyone. Welcome to a bonus episode of the Locked-on Steelers podcast. I'm your host, Chris Carter. Remember you can find this show on your favorite podcasting apps and on YouTube. This is a special emergency episode. As I told you guys, I was going on vacation, but I always keep that fang on me, not draw Moran's gun, this microphone, because we're here to talk about emergency episodes
0:22.3	and that's Alex Highsmith signing his extension. Now, as you guys know, I'm on vacation, I'm out
0:27.9	for the week. I'm not going to be back to like Tuesday next week. So we're not going to have
0:32.8	new full episodes. So understand that I won't be talking about Alex Highsmith's new contract that he just
0:38.0	signed an extension, which will keep him with the team through 2027. That's what we're here to do today.
0:43.8	It brought my stuff with me just in case something like this happens. So let's get into Alex Highsmith's
0:49.6	new deal and what I think it really means for the Pittsburgh Steelers. For one is a four-year extension, which means he adds on four years on top of this upcoming
0:59.9	season, so he is with the team through 2027.
1:04.1	That means also that with the amount of money that he signed for, $68 million with that new
1:10.2	four-year extension on top of
1:11.5	the money that he's making this year, he's going to be averaging about $17 million a year
1:17.0	for the Steelers as far as a payday, putting him in the top 10 as far as edge rushers and how he's
1:23.2	getting paid in the NFL comparable to guys like Chandler Jones and Shaquille Barrett, as noted
1:29.2	by our friends at SteelersNow.com. I think that there is a really good sign that the Steelers
1:35.4	continue to commit to the players that they draft, they develop, and then they keep along with
1:40.3	the franchise for quite some time. And Alex Highsmith has been a prime example of why you do that,
1:47.7	why you don't just flip out and go get guys in free agency and just count on those guys, like when
1:52.2	they brought in Melvin, Melvin Ingram, and it didn't work out at the edge retro position
1:56.7	because Alex Highsmith, they saw as the future. And last year, Alex Highsmith had 14 and a half
2:01.9	sacks. And he was huge for the Steelers. And like I said, after that season, I was like, he is going to
2:07.2	cost a good bit of money. And it's clear that he has. But with the signing of Alex Highsmith,
2:13.9	the Steelers put themselves in a position to have the best ed rushing duo for the next several years.
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