Will Queen be here next year?

It's not as if they cut him. The Ravens had to make a financial decision. They already had Roquan Smith and they had depth they liked behind Queen.

 

Arvell Reese says hi you know Tomlin and the Steelers love those Buckeyes players.

 

I was going to start a thread about cap causalities for 2026 Queen is on the list, he's not that good against the run or pass for 13 million a year not worth it.

 

Funny how hardly anyone they bring in or draft works out with Tomlin and this coaching staff, Mike and and his coaches are so dang unlucky, year after year after year...

 

Agree but something drove them to sign Smith over Queen.

 

I'm hearing he could be a top 10, maybe top 5 pick.

 

Yeah, he's a versatile player they would probably have to trade up to get him.

 

Malik Harrison doesn't give me any optimism if he replaces Queen either.

 

Queen isn’t terrible, but for the money his play is unacceptable…can we get him to take a pay cut? I guess not likely.

Thing is, it has taken years to find a ILB with enough speed to play in this defense? It could be another 5+ years? We are looking for a unicorn.

Maybe this scheme is fuct, and we need to change it up so we can actually find a guy that can help us?

Robert Spillane was good enough for the 11-2 Patriots, why wasn’t he good enough for Pittsburgh? Really makes you wonder.

 

Sonny Styles would be a much better fit for the team. Arvell is a Off Ball LB in name only. He is more Micah Parsons than a Fred Warner.

 

He is currently ranked number 2 on my big board personally. Only Peter Woods is above him imo.

 

Now, according to Dane Brugler’s first official 2026 NFL mock draft (published this morning), Mendoza is the No. 1 pick … heading to the Browns.

The top three picks:

1. CLE (from TEN) — Mendoza
2. LV (from NYG) — Oregon QB Dante Moore
3. NO — Ohio State DE Arvell Reese

 

Simple difference of opinion. For me, Peter Woods is as close to the term generational as one can get per his position. Compared to the rest of his peers, Keldric Faulk included, Woods stands above them. His stat line is by no means an indicator of his true capabilities.

 

These players man
I swear

 

That’s the problem…. Nobody

 

We trading into the top 5? Otherwise, Reese wont be wearing a Steelers jersey.

 

Well scratch the Bears off the list. The Jets however remain a candidate.

 

Wow! SIS has Queen number one in the NFL in broken+missed tackles... 53. This is 14 more than the next guy down. He's at a 30% rate which is 5th among LBs.

Not sure what his cap hit will be but the Steelers need to find his replacement next season. Queen runs far too hot and cold. His last good game was almost a month ago.

 

We haven't had a really good ILB since Ryan Shazier. Steelers have been exceptionally average at ILB since Shazier.

 

I’m not sure these were Steeler film sessions as much as Rodgers film sessions

None the less if you don’t show up don’t expect him to throw you the ball

 

I think Queen only had one tackle against the Ravens while Heyward and Benton led the team in tackles .

 

He’s not lighting up the league but I just don’t want to go through something similar to 2023 when we had the gauntlet of Elandon Roberts, Cole Holcomb, Kwon Alexander, Mark Robinson, Mykal Walker, Blake Martinez and Myles Jack. The stability helps the others play better

 

That stability hasn't seemed to solve the communication problems with Queen wearing the green dot.

 

Might be a DC thing... Idk.

All I know is that sending Queen packing would greatly hurt an ILB room that doesn't have a consistent starter next to the guy we're talking about shipping out in this thread. I'd advocate for adding someone like Quay Walker in FA if possible and then making a determination on Queen. Hell, we could even extend Queen at a lower number (one more in line with his market value) to lower his cap hit and save us money anyways. We need to better this room, not make it worse. If Wilson was going to be an every down starter he'd be seeing the field over Harrison and he's not. We have to look at him as a 3rd ILB and great ST player and find ourselves a ILB to put next to Queen to make our room better.