Steelers' Pass Rush Returns to Elite w/Nick Herbig Signing? | T.J. Watt to Move Around Defense

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🗓️ 5 June 2026

⏱️ 31 minutes

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The Pittsburgh Steelers paid Nick Herbig this week a big contract extension to ensure their pass rush stays top tier. But can it return to elite status?

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0:00.0	sure the Steelers didn't add any big new pieces to the past for us,
0:05.3	but it could still return to being elite.
0:07.4	We'll talk about why on the Locked on Steelers podcast.
0:09.5	I'm your host, Chris Carter.
0:10.6	Let's get into it.
0:17.4	You are Locked on Steelers, your daily Pittsburgh Steelers podcast, part of the Locked-on Podcast Network, your team every day.
0:32.2	Hello, welcome to the Locked-on Steelers podcast. I'm your host, Chris Carter.
0:36.0	Biggie you, Danny, those of all things on the Pittsburgh Steelers. We got a lot to talk about today. I'm Chris Carter, the Pittsburgh Post Gazette. Mike McCarthy and his plan for Jalen Ramsey. We got more information on on that from him. We'll have a clip of him talking about Jalen Ramsey as comparison to Charles Woodson. T.J. Watt actually going to move around this year, but the big thing we got to talk about is the Steelers pass rush. Kenneth returned to elite status.
0:57.8	We know they didn't add. and Charles Woodson, T.J. Watt actually going to move around this year, but the big thing we got to talk about is the Steelers pass rush.
0:56.5	Kenneth returned to elite status. We know they didn't add any new players.
0:59.6	Jenna Harner is on the show at Channel 11, and while the Steelers want to be a lights out defense, it looks like the lights out there at Channel 11.
1:07.3	I was trying to figure out how to like snot creepily just
1:12.3	like move myself around here and turn the automatic lights on. There we go. There you go.
1:17.6	You fixed it. That was a really nice lead in in comparison though. My man,
1:22.0	you got this TV stuff down. You got a future in this year. Happy to be here.
1:27.0	Lights are back on. But yeah, those are looking to have a lights future in this year. Happy to be here. The lights are back on. But yeah,
1:28.8	those are looking to have a lights out defense this year. Right as we started too, I was like,
1:35.3	ah, I was like, I think I was going to wait for the intro and see like how we'd go from here.
1:39.9	So yeah, this is what happens when you're the only person hanging out in the back of the sports department tonight.
1:45.9	And no one's here to cause movement.
1:48.9	So that's me.
1:50.6	That's because Jenna Harner is a hardworking journalist at all times.
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