Kelvin Beachum Is The Steelers Secret Superstar According To ProFootballFocus

My guess is the FO wants to move him inside (LG ) and will pay him as a top tier LG, 8-9 mil/ year. His camp will probably want top LT money, 9-12 mil/year. I wouldn't be surprised if the team franchises him next yr trying to keep him while replacing him at LT.

I predict a 6 yr 65 mil with 25 guaranteed. This is from a guy who's an admitted capology struggling student.

Cajun

 

there have been other articles naming him one of the top Left Tackles in the entire NFL.....

 

yes I know. I'm a huge KB fan. Luv it when a late rd pick becomes a star. He's a OG excelling at OT. Imagine our OL with his quickness at LG!

Big Red was an Allpro LG,,, due to injuries he once moved to LT, still made the ProBowl. I'm really puzzled why there has been no talks so far

Cajun

 

I don't know... If you have a stud LT, which is what Beachum has gradually turned into, do you change his position and start from scratch looking for a new stud LT? Those things don't grow on trees, and finding a capable guard is much easier.

If we happened to have Joe Thomas on the bench, that would be one thing. Then I could see the shift, in order to get the best players on the field. But we don't have anyone else even resembling a capable LT, and no one on the horizon. In order to get one, we'd likely have to invest a high draft pick, and then hope he's not a bust, and then wait a couple years for him to be good enough. That's a lot of work and sacrifice when you're staring at a perfectly good solution. I'd rather just find a new LG to transition toward over the next couple years.

Imagine our OL without him at LT!

Plus, I don't see why it's better to have quickness at LG than LT. LT is more important, and while quickness is key in the run game for guards, quickness is key in the passing game for tackles. Protecting the QB is my #1 priority. I want my best player there. And we can find a quicker guy for LG... anyone's quicker than Foster.

 

Well NOT ANYMORE!!! Thanks PFF and TTF! LOL! I really have heard Tomlin sing his praises though.

 

KB is not a stud LT. He is a good LT and he gets better every year.....so far. I'd be quiet happy if he remains our LT. I believe he would be a stud LG and that upgrade would be huge. We would need another LT at least as good as Beachum.

You are correct. Protecting Ben is job one. Great LT are harder to find/develop than OG.

Cajun

 

His agent will like this when his contract is up after next season, and it's time for a new deal.

 

So this has to be our first "breakout" player who didn't do so in a contract year, right?

 

David DeCastro's new contract is also coming up after this year. He's going to be one of the best guard in the league. Can we sign both Beachum and Castro to a long term ($50-$70 mil ) contract? If I had to pick one, I'll have to go with DeCastro. We already have Pouncey and Gilbert signed to a big long term contract.

 

Top 5 LT contracts average about 11 million a year, top 5 guard contracts average about 9 million a year, Decastro should sign for 5 years at 45 million, Beacham about the same going rate considering he isnt top 5 yet......

 

I love DD but I'd have to go the opposite way. LT's are harder to come by than RG's any day. I don't want to lose either, but I'd rather we replace foster and gilbert before either of these two go.

 

I also would rather we replace those two. Gilbert has hurt people and Foster is American For Sack.

 

Beachum leads our team in sacks allowed the past 2 seasons. He gives them up faster than Starks did despite Ben getting rid of the ball a lot quicker than he used to.

 

Beachum is better than Starks was at his very best, and he was never at his best for more than a couple games in a row. Comparing those two just makes me want to pay Beachum all the more.

 

Man I could not agree more! I would always get so mad when Ben was wearing that stupid Starks jersey at camp. I have no idea what it was that he saw in him.

 

Well, to be fair, although Beachum is better than Starks, Starks was better than Jon Scott by an even wider margin. I would have worn a Starks jersey if I thought it would get him back over Scott.

 

Ben was just playing the odds even though neither were truly in his favor. LOL.

 

i'd say we are pretty lucky and may be the only team in the nfl with the whole left side of the offensive line to be manned by a 3rd, 7th round pick and an UDFA. depending on what happens in this camp, all our backups could also be UDFA's. if colbert has a collective weakness in a major area this would be it. you have to wonder how much better we could have been if he was just a little better at picking in this area.

 

either one, Ben was buggin

 

At what exactly?

 

I don't think beachum has been benched yet for subpar play. he's got that over starks.