The Terrible Podcast — Talking Steelers Restructuring Contract Of Alex Highsmith, WR Trade Chances Now & More

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The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 April 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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April 24, 2024 - Season 14, Episode 121 of The Terrible Podcast is now in the can. In this Wednesday episode, the second one of the day, Alex Kozora and I get right to talking about the Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly recently restructuring the contract of OLB Alex Highsmith, the timing of it, and what it might mean right ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft taking place. We break down the actual Highsmith restructure details, the 2024 salary cap space cleared, and how much under the Steelers sit now ahead of the start of the 2024 NFL Draft. While the Highsmith contract restructuring isn’t huge news in the grand scheme of things, the timing of it is and we tell you why that is. Could this mean that Steelers are earnestly attempting to trade for a wide receiver such as Brandon Aiyuk of the San Francisco 49ers or Courtland Sutton of the Denver Broncos? We dive deeper into attempting to answer that question again. We make sure to ponder if there would be any other reason to restructure Highsmith’s contract this early in the offseason, and specifically right ahead of the 2024 NFL Draft getting underway. We attempt to address what a new contract for Aiyuk or Sutton might look like right now and on the heels of yet another NFL wide receiver signing a mega extension. Alex and I also ponder what sort of trade compensation might be involved when it comes to trading for either Brandon Aiyuk or Sutton in the next few days. In total, this emergency episode is just 35-minutes in length, and we appreciate everyone listening. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Welcome to the terrible podcast with your host from Stiller's Depot
0:06.1	dot com where you can find all your latest and greatest Steelers news.
0:10.5	It's Dave Bryan and Alex Kizora.
0:27.0	Welcome to the terrible podcast season 14 episode 121. He's day Brian I'm Alex Kizora Steelers Depot
0:35.9	Dot com and welcome back when it is still Wednesday we had just finished up episode 120 the usual show going over a final mock draft, and true to form about, I don't know,
0:46.2	20, 30 minutes after Dave and I wrapped up, news came out about Alex Highsmith's contract
0:51.9	restructuring,
0:53.0	normally in a vacuum not requiring an emergency
0:56.3	episode of the podcast, but Dave, this one could have
0:58.9	big implications heading into the NFL draft. Oh boy, buckle up my friend.
1:04.0	It could be a wild ride.
1:05.0	Yeah, I'm glad you got your full seven round mock
1:08.0	posted and all like that because that thing,
1:10.0	that thing might be what's so evergreen or whatnot.
1:13.6	It might get still super quick here.
1:17.4	But yeah, let's pound out 30 minutes
1:20.8	and kind of talk through this and the significant, not just the significance of the actual restructure, but more so really the timing of it obviously in relation to the draft coming up and with all the smoke coming out of
1:41.0	social media about the steters potentially making a trade for a wide receiver and all like that.
1:46.1	So where would you like to start the actual the actual restructure?
1:51.2	Yeah, let's lay the groundwork first about what happened with Highsmith and then we'll talk about what it could mean for Pittsburgh going forward.
1:58.0	So walk us through the restructure of Alex Highsmith's contract.
2:01.0	Right now to begin with, you know, this was a restructure that probably had a very strong chance of happening
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