The Steelers have a serious safety problem

Steel_Elvis · Jan 12, 2026 at 1:52 PM

With respect to the failures at the safety position (maybe corner depending on specific coverage call) Sunday night, I’m not really going to take away much from the Ravens game. Houston doesn’t have the Ravens’ running game, and especially, Stroud is not likely to take off and run for 30 yards like LJ. To me the failures on 2 of the 3 Ravens TDs were because of defenders being so focused on the backfield that they lost track of the receivers. It was a problem, but I don’t see it as a problem that’s likely to be repeated tonight because of the significantly different offense we’re facing.

I think there’s some hope for Ramsey if he gets an offseason to shift his focus to being a pure safety. whether we keep him and go that route, who knows?

Formerscribe · Jan 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM

The Steelers have been making adjustments on the fly in the secondary. Both safeties that opened the season as starters are gone. Ramsey had to make the transition from corner to safety during the season. Dugger joined the team during the season. He played well at first, but he has been a significant downgrade from Elliott.

Yes, the Steelers have a problem at safety. They need to address the position during the offseason. They should have done a better job replacing Fitzpatrick and they should have had a better backup option behind Elliott, who has battled injuries at time sin the past. Trusting Thornhill to start was a huge mistake. There isn't much the Steelers can do other than put as much responsibility on the rest of the defense as possible.

steelersrule6 · Jan 12, 2026 at 2:00 PM

Steel_Elvis said: ↑

With respect to the failures at the safety position (maybe corner depending on specific coverage call) Sunday night, I’m not really going to take away much from the Ravens game. Houston doesn’t have the Ravens’ running game, and especially, Stroud is not likely to take off and run for 30 yards like LJ. To me the failures on 2 of the 3 Ravens TDs were because of defenders being so focused on the backfield that they lost track of the receivers. It was a problem, but I don’t see it as a problem that’s likely to be repeated tonight because of the significantly different offense we’re facing.

I think there’s some hope for Ramsey if he gets an offseason to shift his focus to being a pure safety. whether we keep him and go that route, who knows?
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The safeties had problems in the Browns game too.

Bubbahotep · Jan 12, 2026 at 2:35 PM

S.T.D said: ↑

I will bet You money, I can find a similar play by every team that played this week in the playoffs. So every team that is in the playoffs this year has a coaching problem, or was it just a break down on a few plays out of over 50 plays a game??
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Playoffs are different. Teams are a lot more aggressive, also with different play designs. Look at the number of 4th downs attempted.

Joel Buchsbaum · Jan 12, 2026 at 3:18 PM

Bubbahotep said: ↑

Safety needs to be a high priority in the next draft.
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How high?

S.T.D · Jan 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM

Joel Buchsbaum said: ↑

How high?
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4, or 5 bong hits.

S.T.D · Jan 12, 2026 at 6:55 PM

Bubbahotep said: ↑

Playoffs are different. Teams are a lot more aggressive, also with different play designs. Look at the number of 4th downs attempted.
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I only use the playoffs example because it's the latest games played.

MojoUW · Jan 12, 2026 at 7:59 PM

S.T.D said: ↑

4, or 5 bong hits.
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You clearly know nothing about the draft and position value.

A safety is like 3 rips max. C’mon. Gotta stay up on the Ganja Tokes Draft Value Chart.

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The Steelers have a serious safety problem

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