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The Terrible Take - Episode 975 - November 4, 2023

The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 4 November 2023

⏱️ 3 minutes

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November 4, 2023 - For Episode 975 on this Saturday afternoon, Joe Clark discusses why Pittsburgh Steelers OLB Alex Highsmith is having a career season and why looking at his raw stats isn't the best way to measure it. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

Welcome to the terrible take a mini podcast telling Steelers nation what's on our minds.

0:06.0

I'm Joe Clark.

0:08.0

Last week I talked about TJ Watt and why it deserves to be in his own class as a defender in the NFL.

0:14.0

This week I'll talk about his outside Lab Becker partner with the Pittsburgh

0:17.4

shows why he's Alex Hasmouth and why his performance this season shows why

0:21.2

strictly looking at accounting stats can be bad practice.

0:24.9

Hatzbuth is playing the best football of his career. He's expanded his array of past rush moves,

0:29.3

and is proving every week that he's well worth the four yearyear 16 million dollar contract he received from Pittsburgh this

0:34.7

off season. Last season in prior seasons, there would be games or highsmith could be taken out of the game.

0:41.0

He wouldn't make much of an impact to give much pressure on the

0:43.1

quarterback and offensive tackles could neutralize him.

0:46.0

Well he only has four and a half sacks this season he's made an impact in each

0:49.9

and every game. Thursday nights game against the Tennessee Titans is one highest

0:54.0

its best games of the season.

0:55.5

He had two sacks, but more importantly,

0:58.2

he also had 11 pressures,

0:59.9

and that actually makes him now,

1:01.1

the NFL's league leader in pressures.

1:02.8

Every single week even if Highsmith isn't getting a sack he's getting after

1:07.4

the quarterback and forcing pressure and making quarterbacks force their throws

1:11.0

or running them into other guys for sacks.

1:13.4

One other sack caught my eye with Hospice Thursday performance and that's

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