Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's the Steelers' curious-at-first trade deadline acquisition of outside linebacker Preston Smith.
Smith was not a player that had been rumored or connected to the Steelers leading up to the trade deadline, and outside linebacker did not seem like one of the team's biggest needs, especially with Nick Herbig nearing his return from a hamstring injury.
But the Smith trade shows what blueprint the Steelers are following on the defensive line, and that influence, from Andy Weidl, has won a Super Bowl once before.
Alan breaks down.
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