{"id":750763,"date":"2026-02-14T04:12:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-14T04:12:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/750763\/"},"modified":"2026-02-14T04:12:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-14T04:12:22","slug":"analysts-implores-pittsburgh-steelers-to-trade-nick-herbig-for-eagles-qb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/750763\/","title":{"rendered":"Analysts implores Pittsburgh Steelers to trade Nick Herbig for Eagles QB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">In case you haven\u2019t heard, the Pittsburgh Steelers need a quarterback.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">With the future of Aaron Rodgers uncertain, Mason Rudolph and Will Howard are the only two quarterbacks under contract. This has led to many speculating on who the Steelers could bring in, with names such as Kyler Murray and Kirk Cousins being thrown around. ESPN\u2019s Bill Barnwell has a name out of left field, though &#8211; Philadelphia Eagles quarterback Tanner McKee. However, the path he has the Steelers taking to acquire him will rub many the wrong way, as he says the Steelers should trade Nick Herbig for McKee.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cIf you need a Tanner McKee and you knew someone who obsesses over edge rush talent, would you not call the Eagles and say, \u2018Nick Herbig, Tanner McKee &#8211; two guys on rookie deals,\u2019\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=QKLJXWW17cg&amp;pp=ygUJbmZsIGRhaWx5\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Barnwell said on NFL Daily<\/a>. \u201cYou get a cost control player for another year who had phenomenal pass rushing numbers, and we get our quarterback of the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It\u2019s an odd suggestion, to say the least, that the Steelers trade a clear building block of their future, and a guy who is their best edge rusher, in exchange for a player who has started precisely two games in his career.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">McKee was drafted in the sixth round out of Stanford in the 2023 NFL Draft. Herbig finished the 2025 season with 7.5 sacks and 45 pressures.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"In case you haven\u2019t heard, the Pittsburgh Steelers need a quarterback. With the future of Aaron Rodgers uncertain,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750764,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2068],"tags":[25,7,6,242,109,2476,6416,2374],"class_list":{"0":"post-750763","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-philadelphia-eagles","8":"tag-eagles","9":"tag-football","10":"tag-nfl","11":"tag-philadelphia","12":"tag-philadelphia-eagles","13":"tag-philadelphiaeagles","14":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-commentary","15":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116067038522372394","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750763","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=750763"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750763\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750764"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750763"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750763"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750763"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}