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PFT Live with Mike Florio

What does Nick Herbig's deal mean for T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith? + Micah Parson to miss start of season (6/4 Hour 1)

PFT Live with Mike Florio

Mike Florio

Sports

4.31.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 June 2026

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Hour 1: Mike Florio (@ProFootballTalk) and Chris Simms (@CSimmsQB) discuss the latest news in the NFL, including Pittsburgh Steelers LB Nick Herbig's contract extension and Green Bay Packers DE Micah Parsons to miss the start of the season following an ACL injury.

(00:50) Nick Herbig signs new 4-year, $100M deal with Steelers

(03:45) What does Nick Herbig’s new deal mean for T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith?

(08:15) Steelers HC Mike McCarthy on LB group: “You can never have enough good football players”

(28:45) PFT: Senate hearing on “Protect College Sports Act” didn’t plow much new ground

(42:30) Micah Parsons to miss start of season

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0:00.0

Coming up today on PFT Live, the Steelers gave a backup linebacker a $100 million contract.

0:05.1

What does it mean for the starters?

0:06.2

T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith, Michael Parsons reveals he's going to miss the start of the season as he continues to recover from a tour in ACL Plus.

0:13.1

We get a sneak peek at Chris's interview with Bears quarterback Caleb Williams.

0:17.4

PFT Live starts right after this.

0:21.9

I also like to thank my parents, my mom and my dad.

0:27.0

My brothers, man, I'm sorry.

0:30.9

My brothers, my grandparents, everybody in my family that helped raise me.

0:37.2

I'm just a boy from Collar Hill, Kauai,

0:40.0

and took a village to raise me and made me and the man I am today.

0:44.6

I'm excited to be here for another four years.

0:47.4

I truly believe this is where God put me.

0:49.6

I believe that I was born to be a stealer,

0:52.0

and I know I said that before, and I'll keep saying it.

1:01.8

Nick Herbick just one day after the news broke of a four-year, $100 million extension,

1:09.5

which was stunning to a lot of people because he's not even a starter.

1:16.1

No.

1:16.8

This is a Steeler team that I remember back in the 90s when free agency first became a thing.

1:24.0

It seemed like every year they let a highly competent edge rusher in their 3-4 Blitzburg defense leave via free agency.

1:31.9

And they replaced him with someone else who we had never heard of who ended up becoming a star, would hit free agency, go somewhere else and get paid.

1:41.7

And they just kept doing it over and over again.

1:43.7

Yeah.

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