Will Queen be here next year?

Queen has been disappointing, to say the least, and he will be overpaid, but the other options are not good. All of the top available free agent inside linebackers signed elsewhere yesterday. They have the cap room to keep him, so it simply isn't worth moving him for a fifth-round pick.

 

And Dallas coaching which we now have.

All three were factors.

 

TRADE Him! He next number on the Steelers will be 86'd!

 

Maybe, but it's not like he wasn't productive despite the poor quarterback play and lack of a quality receiver opposite him in Pittsburgh.

 

That is accurate.

 

Trade him while you can and draft rodriguez in the second , if the eagles give us a fourth ...

 

Let’s see what the new DC does with him.

Unless someone is willing to overpay.

 

Doing something with Queen now feels, idk somewhat notional? Like there's not a cap crunch. It's the last year of his contract. Probably better to have him than not if you're not solving for a cap crunch.

I'd also like to see what a new staff can do with the ILBs. Apart from Vince Williams and like a year of Devin Bush, the play there has been generally poor since we had Timmons and Shazier there. Hard to believe every singe ILB has sucked over that time.

 

Worth noting, Spillane, who I often hear as evidence of the Steelers' player development failures, found his footing as a starter in the league under Patrick Graham.

 

Chenal just signed with the Commanders, and it's looking as though the Steelers want to keep Queen.
Looks like we're moving on with inconsistency in the middle of our D.