Nelson given permission to seek trade

I was thinking the same, do they feel they have something in Pierre, but enough to let Nelson walk? That would be a huge leap of faith in a guy that hasn’t played much.

 

Maybe Nelson became unhappy in a just the last few days. But if you knew he wanted out or you were ready to part with him (by trade or by release), you could have tried to keep Hilton. Hilton’s new deal is about what Nelson was slated to make this yr.

 

Ben is the owner of the team. Its why he's still playing. And the owner gets what he wants. When juju said he wanted to resign they were going to that without hesitation to appease the owner.

 

They need the cap space to re-sign JuJu, that's why they want to get rid of Nelson.

 

trevor williams. former starter for the chargers is on the team. pierre. layne, sutton, haden, minka, edwards. add a guy like stokes that they have talked to from georgia and we could be in good shape, not a bad secondary still.

 

Given that it came out the day they re-signed Smith-Schuster, it is hard not to see the two moves as related. Perhaps they asked Nelson to restructure to make room and he refused.

I am happy to see Smith-Schuster back, but given the team's overall strengths and needs, I'd rather keep Nelson. Maybe keeping Smith-Schuster was an unspoken part of getting Roethlisberger to take a pay cut?

 

I donot believe this to be realistic, but WTH, how about our 1st and Nelson for 49's 1st (12)...now that would interesting.

 

Seems that @S.T.D was right. Seems a Defensive Player just might in play for Round One. That said, leave nothing to chance as the board dictates who a team selects.

 

Nelson in his last year so they would have to extend him before restructuring his 2021 money. Presumably that is where the issue arose, he probably wanted too much on the extension, Steelers knew they weren’t going to get something done so decide to try to get something back for him and get his salary off the books.

Letting him go is playing with fire imo, I’d definitely keep him over Juju as well if it is a straight choice.

 

I wanted this done a month ago. Let someone jump before they filled spot in FA. Allow Pitt to maybe grab a FA to replace him.

A week late on this move IMO


HACK

 

They maybe are trying to do right by him and also it helps them get back some decent comp instead of cutting him flatout and getting nothing.

 

If that’s true, and it may well be, than all this blather about keeping Ben and right pieces together to make a run is twaddle on toast. Now, I had little confidence in that strategy, but at least I thought that Steeler management did. Now I think that they either believe their own bs (which is bad enough) or they know it’s bs and are going ahead anyway (for whatever nostalgic reasons ). SMH.
Fredo has a good heart, but he’s weak and he’s stupid.

 

YOu might be on to something here. It could be they tried to restructure him and he may have told them he plans on testing free agency or doesn't plan on coming back at all. Then it makes sense to seek a trade.

 

Here's a thought Steelers, tell him no.

 

He's one that was a possibility to Extend and grab some Cap savings..... maybe the discussions broke down on one side and they just said F it find a trade if you'd like? Very strange and last minute to be doing this during FA period.

 

Child, please.....

 

With the new TV deal announced why would he agree to an ext.? His value (and many more) will no doubt increase next year, from the team's perspective it may have to do with JuJu's signing, form his I think it purely a business decision.

 

Yeah I saw the news.

Confusing off-season.

 

JuJu was on the market and talked to at least the Jets and seemingly had offers from several teams, so evidently there WAS hesitation on both sides.

 

It does sound to me like the team knew they weren't going to resign him and decided that keeping Juju long-term was a better option than keeping Nelson for one more season. (I'm assuming that the Steelers promised Juju big, long-term money next year if he stayed with the team this year.)

 

It's reported now he got virtually the same amount of money from everyone else. He thought he'd command more than he did but when he saw he didn't he stayed in Pittsburgh. Gurnatee if he got a high offer he'd be gone.