{"id":426841,"date":"2025-10-07T08:29:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:29:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/426841\/"},"modified":"2025-10-07T08:29:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T08:29:11","slug":"steelers-alex-highsmith-shares-great-news-about-week-6-status-vs-browns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/426841\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers&#8217; Alex Highsmith shares great news about Week 6 status vs. Browns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Injuries have rocked the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/grading-steelers-edge-rushers-first-083107389.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 defense;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 defense<\/a> in recent weeks \u2014 but one key contributor in OLB <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/steelers-vs-browns-injury-updates-184926439.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Alex Highsmith;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Alex Highsmith<\/a> is seemingly set for a Week 6 return against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/steelers-good-look-improved-browns-201841934.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Cleveland Browns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Cleveland Browns<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Highsmith, who was able to log a bonus day of practice on Monday, revealed expectations for a Week 6 return vs. the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/cleveland-browns\/329\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Browns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Browns<\/a> \u2014 great news coming out of the much-needed bye.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;By Friday, mostly a full go and then get ready for Sunday,&#8221; Highsmith said, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/MikeDeFabo\/status\/1975312814358339669\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:courtesy of The Athletic&#039;s Mike DeFabo;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">courtesy of The Athletic&#8217;s Mike DeFabo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a previous report, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette&#8217;s Ray Fittipaldo echoed a similar belief \u2014 that Highsmith, as well as CB Joey Porter Jr. and RB <a href=\"https:\/\/sports.yahoo.com\/article\/steelers-receive-great-news-jaylen-204944897.html\" data-ylk=\"slk:Jaylen Warren;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas;outcm:mb_qualified_link;_E:mb_qualified_link;ct:story;\" class=\"link  yahoo-link\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jaylen Warren<\/a>, would return vs. Cleveland.<\/p>\n<p>In Pittsburgh&#8217;s Week 2 loss to the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/seattle-seahawks\/361\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Seattle Seahawks;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Seattle Seahawks<\/a>, Highsmith injured his ankle and was forced to miss two games. In his absence, OLB Nick Herbig stepped up in a huge way \u2014 accumulating 2.5 sacks, a forced fumble, an interception, and leading the team with eight quarterback hits in just three games.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/football\/nfl\/teams\/pittsburgh-steelers\/356\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers<\/a> fans can watch Highsmith&#8217;s likely return vs. the Browns on October 12 at 1:00 p.m. EDT \u2014 the first of Pittsburgh&#8217;s exciting divisional matchups this 2025 season.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>For up-to-date Steelers coverage, follow us on X\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TheSteelersWire\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@TheSteelersWire;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SteelersWire\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Facebook page;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Steelers Wire: <a href=\"https:\/\/steelerswire.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/steelers\/2025\/10\/07\/steelers-browns-alex-highsmith-injury-ankle-week-6\/86559838007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Steelers&#039; Alex Highsmith shares great news about status vs. Browns;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Steelers&#8217; Alex Highsmith shares great news about status vs. Browns<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Injuries have rocked the Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 defense in recent weeks \u2014 but one key contributor in OLB Alex&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":426842,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[6310,54,7,1736,7582,6,6313,520,12744,57,2360,261,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-426841","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-alex-highsmith","9":"tag-cleveland-browns","10":"tag-football","11":"tag-jaylen-warren","12":"tag-joey-porter-jr","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-nick-herbig","15":"tag-pittsburgh","16":"tag-pittsburgh-post-gazette","17":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","18":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","19":"tag-seattle-seahawks","20":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/115331948657690228","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426841","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=426841"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/426841\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/426842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=426841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=426841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=426841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}