For what I’ve seen and heard..
He should be just as physical as Elliot in the box and on run blitzes..
Steelers trade for a Safety
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He should be just as physical as Elliot in the box and on run blitzes..
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He was being paid starter money as a backup after the latest coaching changes. Pats got the Steelers to take his contract off their hands, then immediately signed another Safety off another team’s practice squad.
They don’t know how/if this will work out, but that overpaid expensive defense just added more dollars to the total. I believe it is $17 mill for 26 & $18 mill for 27.
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He is due $17 & $18 million for 26 & 27. Haven’t seen anything about NE eating anything .
This is totally incorrect according to this. NE eating pretty much everything.
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It won’t be hard to assimilate to the defense
let guys run wide open in the flats and in the middle of the field.
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Ok. Looks like he agreed to a trade and contract restructuring which allows him to become a FA in 26.
So this appears to be almost a nothingburger. If he plays favorably they can try and sign him longterm.
Is this the guy with 19 kids or is he one of the 19 kids?
They live just down the road from my aunt.
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Steelers had to do something as they were down to two fit safeties (Peppers is currently carrying an injury), and if they move Jalen Ramsey to safety as some here have advocated it would leave them thin at cornerback. Dugger was probably the least bad option available.
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It’s a lose lose
He will play like crap if he’s even capable of hopping on the moving field to suck out loud on the field with the rest of these chump defenders, the band aid will fall off the blood gushing bullet wound quite quickly…it won’t stick and things of that nature.
If the unthinkable happened and he played decent he moves on to a different team to get paid, luckily this won’t happen and he’ll suck like the men before him as the scheme sucks.
The best news of the deal is they only moved from the 6th to the 7th for this waste of space
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Glass half broken I see hehehe
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If only they had some more money to spend of defensive players
So NE is paying him to go away, to a team they very likely could be fighting for playoff positioning with? I'm guessing NE doesn't think very highly of him, LOL
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He was on the injury report as questionable last time I looked (on ESPN).
Just had another look and Peppers showing as out. Chuck Clark is also now questionable. It's also on the Steelers official site https://www.steelers.com/team/injury-report/.
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Our defense, in particular our secondary, is a holy mess.
If our offense does not have anywhere from 37 to 40 minutes time of possession Sunday, I don’t believe we have a fighters chance in hell in this game.
If our offense does not have anywhere from 37 to 40 minutes time of possession Sunday, I don’t believe we have a fighters chance in hell in this game.
So curious what everyone’s thoughts are…. Was losing him (I know there was little splash lately) worth the acquisition of a 20th TE for the team and Ramsey, don’t forget the picks we originally gave up for him years ago?
Fitz did basically nothing with the Steelers the last few seasons. Scheme or no scheme,he wasn’t producing no matter where they put him. The only time he seemed to make the stat sheet was a tackle after giving up a big pass.
This is not me saying what they replaced him with is anything better. I’ve wanted them to spend a top 2-3 pick on a safety for years now. I still think they should have taken Brian Branch.
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I'm fine with it. Fitzpatrick was overpaid given his lack of production. Ramey has had ups and downs, but has been decent and made key plays in a couple of wins. None of our receiving options are doing much and it appears Arthur Smith doesn't know what to do with Jonnu.
I get why the Steelers took JPJ beyond nepotism (which was likely the main reason). CB is more valuable than S and I doubt Branch would've realized his potential here. That is the theme with talented draft picks on this team.
I’ve had this discussion before with another poster. The safety is not as valuable discussion. Troy P. Disagrees.
It’s funny too, cause I was under the impression he was the one who had to have him everywhere he coaches
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That's the final piece of the puzzle. They're going to top these guys now...