{"id":10524,"date":"2025-04-29T19:32:10","date_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:32:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/10524\/"},"modified":"2025-04-29T19:32:10","modified_gmt":"2025-04-29T19:32:10","slug":"born-to-be-a-pittsburgh-steeler-field-yates-raves-about-teams-selection-of-jack-sawyer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/10524\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Born To Be A Pittsburgh Steeler:’ Field Yates Raves About Team’s Selection Of Jack Sawyer"},"content":{"rendered":"

While it may have been a bit of a surprise selection given that EDGE didn\u2019t jump off the page as a Steelers need, the team\u2019s selection of Jack Sawyer has largely been praised by the national media. NFL Media\u2019s Chad Reuter named it one of his favorite picks<\/a> of the draft, and ESPN\u2019s Field Yates loves Sawyer\u2019s fit with the Steelers too.<\/p>\n

On SportsCenter, Yates said that Sawyer\u2019s mentality<\/a> is perfect for Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

\u201cJack Sawyer in the fourth round. Listen, there are some athletic limitations there. He is born to be a Pittsburgh Steeler, with that hard-nosed mentality that he plays with. He is going to set a dangerous edge for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sawyer already described his personality (and run defense mentality) as \u201cmanhood on manhood,\u201d<\/a> and he\u2019s the type of player whose attitude could help him thrive with the Steelers. While he has less-than-ideal arm length off the EDGE, so does Nick Herbig, and Herbig\u2019s had a lot of success and seems to do whatever it takes to get to the quarterback. Sawyer brings some pass-rush juice, but his best ability is as a run stuffer and setting the edge against the run, and he\u2019ll be able to provide value for the Steelers as a rookie and beyond.<\/p>\n

With Alex Highsmith and Herbig both missing multiple games due to injury last season, adding depth at EDGE, especially with Sawyer falling, was a good move by the Steelers. They got great value with the selection, and he seems tailor-made to play for the Steelers. While he won\u2019t have a huge role as a rookie, he should still see a handful of snaps a game, and that will be important to give T.J. Watt and Highsmith a breather and keep them fresh all season.<\/p>\n

Omar Khan said during a post-draft press conference that they feel all their selections have a \u201cSteeler DNA,\u201d and Jack Sawyer certainly seems to have that. He was a leader at Ohio State and made a lot of key plays as the Buckeyes won the national championship in 2024. Bringing in players with a winning pedigree like Sawyer and his teammate, QB Will Howard, should also benefit the Steelers.<\/p>\n

Learning from a talented EDGE trio with Watt, Highsmith and Herbig ahead of him should also only further Sawyer\u2019s development, and the Steelers will get a good look at how he fits with the team when he hits the field late next week as a Steeler for the first time at rookie minicamp.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"While it may have been a bit of a surprise selection given that EDGE didn\u2019t jump off the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10525,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[2026],"tags":[80,6118,7,295,691],"class_list":{"0":"post-10524","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-football","8":"tag-2025-nfl-draft","9":"tag-field-yates","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jack-sawyer","12":"tag-trending"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/114422923227719735","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10524","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10524"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10524\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10525"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10524"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10524"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10524"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}