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The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Take - Episode 1873 - April 20, 2026

The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Podcast

Football, Sports

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 20 April 2026

⏱️ 4 minutes

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April 20, 2026 - For Episode 1,873 this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle explains why he would consider trading Alex Highsmith during the draft. ⁠⁠steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

I'll now hand you over to my best man, Eddie.

0:04.0

Wow, wow, wow, second time's a charm, eh, Billy Boy?

0:09.0

Oh God.

0:10.0

Substitution, courtesy of Paddy Power embarrassing Eddie makes way for sensible Samuel.

0:15.0

Cool, that was close.

0:16.0

You might not always pick the right starter, but your sub can still deliver.

0:19.0

Because with Paddy's super sub, your bet rolls over to the player coming on.

0:22.4

Panny power. Valid on selected leagues and markets only. Pre-match and in-play bets on qualifying player outcome selections only. T's and Clusions apply. 18 plus scummelware.org. Welcome to the Terrible Take, a daily segment telling Steelers Nation what's on our mind. I'm Ross McCorkle. Yahoo Sports reporter Charles Robinson revealed that there is a growing buzz around the league

0:42.6

that the Steelers could deal one of Alex Highsmith or Nick Herbig during the draft.

0:48.5

And the reaction around the league has been mixed.

0:51.9

Steelers fans mostly against the idea. A lot of people wanting

0:56.0

T.J. Watt to be the one traded. Of course, that doesn't make a ton of sense, given his

1:01.0

massively inflated contract. The Steelers would have a lot of financial issues if they traded

1:06.3

Watt. Sure, they might save a few bucks, but there'd still be a lot of dead money and not something

1:11.4

the Steelers probably want to do.

1:13.5

That'd be a pretty embarrassing move for the team after making him the highest paid

1:17.1

player, non-quarterback at least, in NFL history a year ago.

1:21.6

So here's how I'm thinking about this possibility.

1:25.6

Some of the beat reporters and certainly a lot of the fans are saying similar things. Oh, well, the Steelers would never trade Nick Herbick. He's the young guy. But then they'll turn around and say, well, they can't give him a long-term contract with Highsmith and Watt on the team because, A, Herbick's not going to take that long-term contract knowing he's going to spend

1:45.1

at least another year or two as the backup. And B, the Steelers can't dish out three starting

1:50.6

edge salaries. Edge is one of the most expensive positions in the league. You can't have a backup

1:55.1

getting paid starter money. Then you move on to, all right, well, the next logical thing is let's

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