Offseason Moves/Free agent signings

Only two options I see personally; Brian Branch and Jordan Battle. Branch is the superior player of the two but Battle is more aggressive defender. For that matter, this is what I had great concern about dating back to season's end; losing one of either Edmunds or Kazee ultimately makes the Safety spot much higher on the depth chart.



Given how the Steelers sent literally just about everyone to Alabamas Pro Day, I wouldn't be surprised if either Branch or Battle are in play in the draft. Obviously different draft slots of course but depending on how the board breaks, who's to say if Pittsburgh has a choice when the dust settles for pick 17?!



I know if the likes of Richardson and Levi's falls, boy oh boy. Trades are gonna go off.

 

trent scott has been signed by washington. so he's not coming back.

https://steelersdepot.com/2023/03/washington-commanders-sign-former-steelers-ot-trent-scott/


also looks like terrell edmunds won't be back as well.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...p&cvid=91cca5ef8e7347248fe1f5fc0d1fa216&ei=58

 

elijah riley and killebrew are the two safeties left with any kind of game experience in the NFL. i actually kind of like riley.

https://www.steelers.com/team/players-roster/elijah-riley/

miles killebrew

https://www.steelers.com/team/players-roster/miles-killebrew/

scott nelson is a futures pick from late last year.

those are the 3 at this point. kazee will man the slot for them mostly. i think i had read somewhere arthur maulet had played some safety at times for other teams. still, not a full timer, but has played as our nickle corner quite a bit.

 

this touches on this very subject too.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/nf...tp&cvid=aa4058b7eabf4b59ba93a8abe022b17e&ei=8

 

My money is on the Eagles

 

Good blocker. Hope the Bengals don't get him.

 

Edmunds wasn’t great by any means but he hardly ever missed games and did a decent job most of the time. He will be missed and it’s another hole to plug now. Bringing him back on the cheap last year was a good move and I was hoping they might get a two or three year team-friendly deal done with him this time but it didn’t work out

Good luck to him, he is what he is and it’s not his fault he was over-drafted

 

I don't think Kazee is going to be their starting SS he's like 180lbs, they will probably sign one in free agency, or draft one so they can use their three safety package.

 

The Steelers met with the safety from Iowa State at his pro day, I doubt they're just focused on Battle and Branch.

 

Noticed You didn't say a thing about Your Bengals claim from earlier.
Yes the Steelers thought He was better....until they got Him. That's why He was benched. Like they thought Edmunds was good, Jarvis was good, Bush was good, Burns was good, and so on....it happens.
As a Steeler.....
Mitch Trubisky : win loss 2-3 ....4tds, and 5 ints.
Mason Rudolph: win loss 5-4-1....16tds , and 11 ints.
Yeah tell Me again how much better Mitch is. LoL
I actually believe if the right people spouted out enough times that I could turn lead into gold .....some of You would believe it.

 

Freaking Schefter...

 

What is the comparison here with Jeff Bezos?

 

The fact that people that a certain amount of money is ok. No. You get the maximum amount you can.

 

Now actually look at their entire careers and see just how much better Trubisky's resume is than Rudolph's. It's not close.

 

I stated those two as they are arguably the two best fits. Both are plug n play capable. I have more concerns about Anthony Jonhnson Jr in terms of understanding the more finite aspects of the position. He can play the Safety, Slot and Nickel but merely just playing them is not going to be enough in the NFL.

 

https://www.steelernation.com/2023/03/20/steelers-james-daniels-now-out-free-agency

Interesting take on the shake up of the o-line with the new additions.

 

cole can play any of the spots on the line. daniels can play any interior spot on the line. these players are valuable to have. this line isn't costing that much at this point so nobody gets cut. green and dotson are the guy i'd let go.

 

I don't have to mention the Bengals game. There are plenty of times where the defense wins the game... Hell, Ben won a Super Bowl completing less than 10 passes and throwing 0 TD's and 2 INT's, but the defense only gave up 10 points.

Also, you do realize that Mason has only won one game in his whole career where the defense gave up more than 14 points? How is that not the defense winning games? The defense essentially won 4 of Mason's 5 games. The offense has scored more than 20 points in only 3 games that Mason has started (and finished) for his whole career. 3 out of 10. Mitch scored more than 20 points 7 times in 9 starts the final season in Chicago (the season they send him out).

I'm not arguing that Mitch is some great QB... He's just a better QB than Mason. It's really not an opinion at this point.

 

I think that is all just speculation. We don't know that the Steelers view Herbig as a starter ahead of Daniels or a starter at all. We don't know that they won't move Daniels to center. Idk. Just a lot of speculation based on absolutely nothing there.

We DO know that Seumalo is one of the starting G's. The center position and other guard position are the ones we really don't know how they are unfolding at this time.

I still think its a Daniels - Cole - Seumalo interior with Herbig as the swing interior lineman. Daniels is likely the back up center with Herbig into the lineup as G. We will keep an emergency G/C on the roster that we don't plan on playing. Maybe Hassenauer. Who knows.

 

Hassenauer had a visit with the Giants yesterday. No word on a deal yet, but I'm not sure he would come back.

The worst of those four starting options on the interior is Cole, but I'm not sure how comfortable they are with Daniels as a full-time center. If he can make that switch, the interior is that much better. If not, I think it is Herbig who sits.

 

Steelers roster has him at 174

He’s too small to support the run

 

mcollum and green are now.

 

elijah riley.

 

Of course it's just speciation, hence the phrase "interesting take". It's just one person's opinion, except this person is a helluva lot more knowledgeable about offensive line play than I am.