{"id":841765,"date":"2026-03-29T22:26:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:26:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/841765\/"},"modified":"2026-03-29T22:26:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-29T22:26:17","slug":"blockbuster-trade-proposal-sends-alex-highsmith-to-nfc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/841765\/","title":{"rendered":"Blockbuster trade proposal sends Alex Highsmith to NFC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">As the NFL Draft gets closer by the day, speculation on potential draft-day trades heats up. The Pittsburgh Steelers have already been active in the trade market, acquiring wide receiver Michael Pittman Jr. from the Indianapolis Colts. In a recent piece for <a href=\"https:\/\/stillcurtain.com\/this-cowboys-trade-haul-for-alex-highsmith-would-be-too-good-for-pittsburgh-steelers-to-ignore-01kmqmmbx5qm\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Still Curtain<\/a>, Ryan Pawloski suggested the Steelers trade edge rusher Alex Highsmith to the Dallas Cowboys<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cDallas reportedly showed interest in Maxx Crosby before a potential trade with the Ravens fell through, signaling their willingness to pursue impactful pass rushers,\u201d Pawloski writes. \u201cWith the Cowboys actively exploring options, Highsmith could become a topic of discussion at the upcoming draft if the price is right.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The full trade projection is as follows:<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Considering Nick Herbig is in line for an extension, and has proven he is more than capable of being a starting edge rusher, Pittsburgh could see Highsmith as an expandable piece.<\/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":"As the NFL Draft gets closer by the day, speculation on potential draft-day trades heats up. The Pittsburgh&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":841766,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2066],"tags":[230,229,257,2461,7,6,2376,2374],"class_list":{"0":"post-841765","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-dallas-cowboys","8":"tag-cowboys","9":"tag-dallas","10":"tag-dallas-cowboys","11":"tag-dallascowboys","12":"tag-football","13":"tag-nfl","14":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-draft","15":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116314818972349666","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841765","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=841765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/841765\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/841766"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=841765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=841765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=841765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}