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• Beat writer Brooke Pryor (X) CLE PIT Alex HighsmithLB Deshaun WatsonQB 2d upd
  Alex Highsmith is playing out of his mind so far today. He's officially credited with half a sack, but also has 4 QBP, per @NextGenStats. As a unit, Steelers' defense has 15 QBP on Deshaun Watson.
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  • 2d Alan Saunders (X) #Steelers with more sacks today than Jared Verse has this season: T.J. Watt Cam Heyward Patrick Queen Nick Herbig Kevin Jobity Jr. Alex Highsmith Keeanu Benton
  • 2d Mark Kaboly (X) Steelers sacks today (8) T.J. Watt (2) Cam Heyward (1.5) Patrick Queen (1.5) Kevin Jobity (1) Nick Herbig (1) Alex Highsmith (0.5) Keeanu Benton (0.5)
  • 2d Nick Farabaugh (X) Alex Highsmith has drawn multiple holding calls today. Taking Fano to the woodshed.
  • 2d Nick Farabaugh (X) Alex Highsmith came to play today. Having a monster game thus far.
  • 2d Daniel Oyefusi (X) Complete opposite of the first matchup in Week 4. Pass protection hasn’t been as good, and Watson hasn’t managed the pressure well. · Quoting Brooke Pryor: Alex Highsmith is playing out of his mind so far today. He's officially credited with half a sack, but also has 4 QBP, per @NextGenStats. As a unit, Steelers' defense has 15 QBP on Deshaun Watson.
  • 2d Brooke Pryor (X) Alex Highsmith is playing out of his mind so far today. He's officially credited with half a sack, but also has 4 QBP, per @NextGenStats. As a unit, Steelers' defense has 15 QBP on Deshaun Watson.
• INJ Alan Saunders (X) PIT Alex HighsmithLB Ben SkowronekWR Brandin EcholsDB Doneiko SlaughterDB Jalen RamseyDB +2 more 4d upd
  #Steelers Week 8 Friday Injury Report & Game Status: DNP/OUT CB Doneiko Slaughter (hamstring) CB Brandin Echols (hamstring) LP/QUES WR Ben Skowronek (calf) FP/IN CB Jalen Ramsey (wrist) OLB Alex Highsmith (groin)
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  • 4d Alan Saunders (X) #Steelers Week 8 Friday Injury Report & Game Status: DNP/OUT CB Doneiko Slaughter (hamstring) CB Brandin Echols (hamstring) LP/QUES WR Ben Skowronek (calf) FP/IN CB Jalen Ramsey (wrist) OLB Alex Highsmith (groin)
  • 4d Nick Farabaugh (X) Alex Highsmith out here today. He was limited the last two days.
• INJ Alan Saunders (X) PIT Alex HighsmithLB Ben SkowronekWR Brandin EcholsDB Doneiko SlaughterDB Jalen RamseyDB +2 more 5d upd
  #Steelers Week 8 Thursday Injury Report DNP CB Doneiko Slaughter (hamstring) CB Brandin Echols (hamstring) LP WR Ben Skowronek (calf) OLB Alex Highsmith (groin) FP CB Jalen Ramsey (wrist)
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  • 5d Alan Saunders (X) #Steelers Week 8 Thursday Injury Report DNP CB Doneiko Slaughter (hamstring) CB Brandin Echols (hamstring) LP WR Ben Skowronek (calf) OLB Alex Highsmith (groin) FP CB Jalen Ramsey (wrist)+1
  • 5d Nick Farabaugh (X) Ben Skowronek and Alex Highsmith were limited yet again today. Brandin Echols and Doneiko Slaughter did not practice.
• Limited Mark Kaboly (X) PIT Alex HighsmithLB 6d upd
  Alex Highsmith was limited in practice today.
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  • 6d Mark Kaboly (X) Alex Highsmith was limited in practice today.
  • 6d ESPN NFL Injury Report Alex Highsmith: Questionable
  • 6d Alan Saunders (X) #Steelers Week 8 Wednesday Injury Report DNP CB Brandin Echols (hamstring) CB Jalen Ramsey (wrist) CB Doneiko Slaughter (hamstring) DT Cam Heyward, OLB T.J. Watt, TE Darnell Washington (rest) LP WR Ben Skowronek (calf) OLB Alex Highsmith (groin)
• INJ Nick Farabaugh (X) NO PIT Alex HighsmithLB DeShon ElliottDB Jalen RamseyDB Rico DowdleRB T.J. WattLB +2 more Oct 23 upd
  Rico Dowdle (knee) and DeShon Elliott (knee) are questionable to play against the Saints. Elliott was an FP for the third straight day, setting up well for him to likely return. Dowdle was limited all three days. T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith, and Jalen Ramsey have no injury designation. Show all
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  • Oct 23 Alan Saunders (X) #Steelers Week 7 game status and estimated Friday practice report DID NOT TRAVEL/OUT WR Ben Skowronek (calf) CB Brandin Echols (hamstring) LP/QUES RB Rico Dowdle (knee) FP/QUES SS DeShon Elliott (knee) FP/IN OLB T.J. Watt (calf) DB Jalen Ramsey (wrist) OLB Alex Highsmith (groing)
  • Oct 23 Nick Farabaugh (X) Rico Dowdle (knee) and DeShon Elliott (knee) are questionable to play against the Saints. Elliott was an FP for the third straight day, setting up well for him to likely return. Dowdle was limited all three days. T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith, and Jalen Ramsey have no injury designation.
• INJ Alan Saunders (X) NO PIT Alex HighsmithLB Ben SkowronekWR Brandin EcholsDB DeShon ElliottDB Jalen RamseyDB Rico DowdleRB T.J. WattLB +4 more Oct 22 upd
  #Steelers Week 7 Thursday Injury Report DNP/OUT CB Brandin Echols (hamstring) WR Ben Skowronek (calf) DNP DT Cam Heyward (rest) LP CB Jalen Ramsey (wrist) RB Rico Dowdle (knee) OLB Alex Highsmith (groin) OLB T.J. Watt (calf) FP SS DeShon Elliott (knee) · Quoting Alan Saunders: The #Steelers have ruled CB Brandin Echols (hamstring) and WR Ben Skowronek (calf) OUT for Sunday's Week 7 game against the #Saints. Show all
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  • Oct 22 Alan Saunders (X) T.J. Watt is a new addition to the injury report with a calf issue. I saw him in the locker room, and he seemed to be getting around just fine, but obviously something to monitor. · Quoting Alan Saunders: #Steelers Week 7 Thursday Injury Report DNP/OUT CB Brandin Echols (hamstring) WR Ben Skowronek (calf) DNP DT Cam Heyward (rest) LP CB Jalen Ramsey (wrist) RB Rico Dowdle (knee) OLB Alex Highsmith (groin) OLB T.J. Watt (calf) FP SS DeShon Elliott (knee)
  • Oct 22 Alan Saunders (X) #Steelers Week 7 Thursday Injury Report DNP/OUT CB Brandin Echols (hamstring) WR Ben Skowronek (calf) DNP DT Cam Heyward (rest) LP CB Jalen Ramsey (wrist) RB Rico Dowdle (knee) OLB Alex Highsmith (groin) OLB T.J. Watt (calf) FP SS DeShon Elliott (knee) · Quoting Alan Saunders: The #Steelers have ruled CB Brandin Echols (hamstring) and WR Ben Skowronek (calf) OUT for Sunday's Week 7 game against the #Saints.
• Questionable ESPN NFL Injury Report PIT Alex HighsmithLB Oct 21
  Alex Highsmith: Questionable

  Est. return: Oct 25

• RUM Alan Saunders (X) PIT Alex HighsmithLB Keeanu BentonDL Oct 20 upd
  The #Steelers have once again elected Cam Heyward as their NFLPA player representative, per source. Alex Highsmith, Mason McCormick and Keeanu Benton are the alternates.
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  • Oct 20 Alan Saunders (X) The #Steelers have once again elected Cam Heyward as their NFLPA player representative, per source. Alex Highsmith, Mason McCormick and Keeanu Benton are the alternates.+1
• Team site Buccaneers Team Site PIT TB Alex HighsmithLB Cameron HeywardDL T.J. WattLB Oct 15
  "Sitting on a String" is Key for Bucs' O-Line in Facing Steelers' Heralded Front

  Ahead of the Week Six matchup, tackles Luke Goedeke and Tristan Wirfs discuss facing the Steelers physical defensive front, headlined by T.J. Watt, Cameron Heyward and Alex Highsmith

• INJ Brooke Pryor (X) PIT Alex HighsmithLB T.J. WattLB Oct 11
  T.J. Watt is out of the medical tent and is on the bench next to Alex Highsmith. · Quoting Brooke Pryor: ouch. TJ Watt still in the medical tent after this eye poke.
• Team site Browns Team Site CLE PIT Alex HighsmithLB T.J. WattLB Sep 29
  Browns' offensive line prepares to face Steelers' pass rush

  Both Alex Highsmith and T.J. Watt are top eight in the NFL in sacks this season

• Out Alan Saunders (X) NE PIT Alex HighsmithLB Travis HomerRB Sep 20 upd
  Travis Homer into the game to spell Warren with Dowdle out for now -- and he has the best run of the day. · Quoting Alan Saunders: Alex Highsmith bats down Maye's third-down pass. #Patriots will punt.
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  • Sep 20 Alan Saunders (X) Travis Homer into the game to spell Warren with Dowdle out for now -- and he has the best run of the day. · Quoting Alan Saunders: Alex Highsmith bats down Maye's third-down pass. #Patriots will punt.
  • Sep 20 Alan Saunders (X) Alex Highsmith bats down Maye's third-down pass. #Patriots will punt. · Quoting Alan Saunders: #Steelers RB Rico Dowdle was in the blue medical tent. He walked to a cart and is now being driven to the #Steelers locker room.
  • Sep 20 Brooke Pryor (X) Steelers defense gets a crucial hold on third down as Alex Highsmith sacks Drake Maye and holds the Patriots to a short field goal. 10-0 Patriots 14:14 2Q
  • Sep 20 Nick Farabaugh (X) Alex Highsmith credited with a sack on 3rd down after Drake Maye slides in front of him. Steelers defense holds up in the red zone to hold the Patriots to just 3 points. 10-0 New England.
  • Sep 20 Nick Farabaugh (X) Patrick Graham dials up a blitz and Jalen Ramsey gets home, but it's wiped off the board by an Alex Highsmith offsides penalty. 3rd and inches now instead of the Steelers getting off the field.
  • Sep 20 Brooke Pryor (X) Jalen Ramsey still has the juice. He comes in on a blitz and destroys Drake Maybe, but an offside call on Alex Highsmith negates the big play
  • Sep 20 Alan Saunders (X) Kickoff and we’re underway between #Steelers and #Patriots. · Quoting Alan Saunders: #Steelers captains are OLB Alex Highsmith TE Pat Freiermuth CB Brandin Echols #Patriots win the toss and defer. Steelers will attack the north end zone in the first quarter.
  • Sep 20 Alan Saunders (X) #Steelers captains are OLB Alex Highsmith TE Pat Freiermuth CB Brandin Echols #Patriots win the toss and defer. Steelers will attack the north end zone in the first quarter.+1
• MOVE Mark Kaboly (X) PIT Alex HighsmithLB Sep 17
  All @THEChrisMack wants for his 55th birthday is to trade Alex Highsmith
• MOVE Mark Kaboly (X) PIT Alex HighsmithLB Sep 13 upd
  Remember when @THEChrisMack wanted to trade Alex Highsmith?
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  • Sep 13 Mark Kaboly (X) Remember when @THEChrisMack wanted to trade Alex Highsmith?
  • Sep 13 Alan Saunders (X) DarnellWashingtonKilledAnotherManWithAStiffArm.GIF Paging @KyleBrandt · Quoting Alan Saunders: Alex Highsmith with his second sack of the game, as well. #Falcons will punt.
  • Sep 13 Nick Farabaugh (X) Alex Highsmith sacks Cooper Rush on third down to force a Falcons punt.
  • Sep 13 Brooke Pryor (X) Huge third-down sack by Alex Highsmith. The Steelers' pass rush has made Cooper Rush's life VERY difficult today.
  • Sep 13 Alan Saunders (X) Alex Highsmith with his second sack of the game, as well. #Falcons will punt. · Quoting Alan Saunders: 🎶 Oh, mama ...
• Beat writer Nick Farabaugh (X) ATL PIT Alex HighsmithLB Cooper RushQB Tua TagovailoaQB Sep 10 upd
  Alex Highsmith says, obviously, things will 'change a little bit' if Cooper Rush plays instead of Tua Tagovailoa. "It changes because Cooper Rush is a righty and Tua is a lefty. We have been preparing in a way to play a lefty, which is a lot different since most QBs in the league are righties... for now, we're still preparing like it'll be Tua." Show all
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  • Sep 10 Brooke Pryor (X) More Highsmith on Tua vs Rush: “Obviously playing against a lefty QB, me being on the right side, mostly if I go inside too early, the QB could see me. But sometimes when we're playing a right-handed QB, I'm able to take those chances more going inside with different rushes.” · Quoting Brooke Pryor: Asked Alex Highsmith how the possibility of Cooper Rush playing changes the Steelers defensive approach: “It'll change a little bit obviously because Cooper Rush is a right-handed quarterback. [Tua] is a lefty quarterback.”
  • Sep 10 Brooke Pryor (X) Asked Alex Highsmith how the possibility of Cooper Rush playing changes the Steelers defensive approach: “It'll change a little bit obviously because Cooper Rush is a right-handed quarterback. [Tua] is a lefty quarterback.” · Quoting Marc Raimondi: Cooper Rush said he took all the reps with the 1s today. #Falcons
  • Sep 10 Nick Farabaugh (X) Alex Highsmith says, obviously, things will 'change a little bit' if Cooper Rush plays instead of Tua Tagovailoa. "It changes because Cooper Rush is a righty and Tua is a lefty. We have been preparing in a way to play a lefty, which is a lot different since most QBs in the league are righties... for now, we're still preparing like it'll be Tua."
• INJ Nick Farabaugh (X) PIT WAS Aaron RodgersQB Alex HighsmithLB Asante Samuel Jr.DB Ben SkowronekWR Brandin EcholsDB Carson BruenerLB Chris BoswellK Cole HolcombLB DK MetcalfWR Darnell WashingtonTE Daylen EveretteDB Derrick HarmonDL Drew AllarQB Eli HeidenreichRB Germie BernardWR Jack SawyerLB Jalen RamseyDB Jamel DeanDB Jaquan BriskerDB Jaylen WarrenRB Joey Porter Jr.DB Kaden WetjenWR Keeanu BentonDL Kevin Jobity Jr.DL Mason RudolphQB Michael PittmanWR Nick HerbigLB Pat FreiermuthTE Patrick QueenLB Payton WilsonLB Rayshawn JenkinsDB Rico DowdleRB Riley NowakowskiTE Robert Spears-JenningsDB Robert TonyanTE Roman WilsonWR Sebastian Joseph-DayDL T.J. WattLB Will HowardQB Yahya BlackDL +37 more Aug 30 upd
  The key players who were on the bubble that made it: - They carry 3 true TEs with Nowakowski as a FB / TE with Tonyan - Eli Heidenreich appears to have won the RB3 job - 9 OL, but very interior heavy. Probably need an OT in there - 2 young DL from this class, Gabriel Rubio and Kevin Jobity Jr., find a way onto the roster - Both Jenkins and Spears-Jennings make it due to Elliott going to IR. Safety has to be a position they'll look at on the waiver / trade market potentially · Quoting Nick Farabaugh: Steelers' 53-man roster: QBs: Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Will Howard, Drew Allar RBs: Jaylen Warren, Rico Dowdle, Eli Heidenreich WRs: DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr., Roman Wilson, Germie Bernard, Kaden Wetjen, Ben Skowronek TEs/FB: Pat Freiermuth, Darnell Washington, Robert Tonyan, Riley Nowakowski OL: Troy Fautanu, Mason McCormick, Zach Frazier, Spencer Anderson, Brock Hoffman, Dylan Cook, Max Iheanachor, Ryan McCollum, Gennings Dunker DL: Cam Heyward, Derrick Harmon,… Show all
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  • Aug 30 Nick Farabaugh (X) The key players who were on the bubble that made it: - They carry 3 true TEs with Nowakowski as a FB / TE with Tonyan - Eli Heidenreich appears to have won the RB3 job - 9 OL, but very interior heavy. Probably need an OT in there - 2 young DL from this class, Gabriel Rubio and Kevin Jobity Jr., find a way onto the roster - Both Jenkins and Spears-Jennings make it due to Elliott going to IR. Safety has to be a position they'll look at on the waiver / trade market potentially · Quoting Nick Farabaugh: Steelers' 53-man roster: QBs: Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Will Howard, Drew Allar RBs: Jaylen Warren, Rico Dowdle, Eli Heidenreich WRs: DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr., Roman Wilson, Germie Bernard, Kaden Wetjen, Ben Skowronek TEs/FB: Pat Freiermuth, Darnell Washington, Robert Tonyan, Riley Nowakowski OL: Troy Fautanu, Mason McCormick, Zach Frazier, Spencer Anderson, Brock Hoffman, Dylan Cook, Max Iheanachor, Ryan McCollum, Gennings Dunker DL: Cam Heyward, Derrick Harmon,…
  • Aug 30 Nick Farabaugh (X) Steelers' 53-man roster: QBs: Aaron Rodgers, Mason Rudolph, Will Howard, Drew Allar RBs: Jaylen Warren, Rico Dowdle, Eli Heidenreich WRs: DK Metcalf, Michael Pittman Jr., Roman Wilson, Germie Bernard, Kaden Wetjen, Ben Skowronek TEs/FB: Pat Freiermuth, Darnell Washington, Robert Tonyan, Riley Nowakowski OL: Troy Fautanu, Mason McCormick, Zach Frazier, Spencer Anderson, Brock Hoffman, Dylan Cook, Max Iheanachor, Ryan McCollum, Gennings Dunker DL: Cam Heyward, Derrick Harmon, Keeanu Benton, Yahya Black, Gabriel Rubio, Sebastian Joseph-Day, Kevin Jobity Jr. OLB: T.J. Watt, Alex Highsmith, Nick Herbig, Jack Sawyer ILB: Patrick Queen, Payton Wilson, Carson Bruener, Cole Holcomb CBs: Joey Porter Jr., Jalen Ramsey, Jamel Dean, Asante Samuel Jr, Daylen Everette, Brandin Echols S: Jaquan Brisker, Rayshawn Jenkins, Robert Spears-Jennings STs: Cam Johnston, Chris Boswell, Christian Kuntz

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