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Report: Steelers Reportedly Trading For Jacksonville Linebacker Joe Schobert

An excerpt from yesterday's athletic. Credit to Mark Kaboly.

10. Covering linebackers is a weakness that isn’t being ignored​

If there was one drill the Steelers used more than almost any other, it has been putting the linebackers in coverage against the tight ends and running backs. It has not been pretty at all for the inside linebackers, especially Robert Spillane.
 
I don't have any issue with this trade except we are super thin in other areas. I would rather be trading for oline or Cbs. Seems odd the Jags would trade this guy after just signing him. Just hope there are not underlying issues
 
Spillane must have really been ******** the bed in camp, or maybe Bush hasn't recovered as well yet as they had hoped.

Definitely an aggressive move, though I do not understand why they were not willing to do something like this on the OL during the off-season.
 
Punxsutawney said:
Spillane must have really been ******** the bed in camp, or maybe Bush hasn't recovered as well yet as they had hoped.

Definitely an aggressive move, though I do not understand why they were not willing to do something like this on the OL during the off-season.
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Great question. I still would've preferred Creed Humphrey over Green and that the Steelers would've taken a chance on a sliding, but very talented Trey Smith. That would've been a heck of an interior to go along with Dotson. Add in a free agent OT and I'd feel better about the OL. I must say that I've been impressed with Dan Moore in game action. They said he really struggled the first week but has--at times--looked like the best OL on the field for the Steelers.
 
SteelerFan448 said:
Great question. I still would've preferred Creed Humphrey over Green and that the Steelers would've taken a chance on a sliding, but very talented Trey Smith. That would've been a heck of an interior to go along with Dotson. Add in a free agent OT and I'd feel better about the OL. I must say that I've been impressed with Dan Moore in game action. They said he really struggled the first week but has--at times--looked like the best OL on the field for the Steelers.
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Both Green and Moore have high ceilings, and I liked the picks, but I'm not really sure if either is ready to play much this year.

With that being said, Green is probably going to be playing a lot in 2021, for better or worse

I'm with you in that I would have rather they used one of their first two picks on a more NFL ready OL prospect and worked to acquire an established NFL starter in some way.
 
Salaries are 7/8.75/10.25/10.75 with 300k roster bonuses every year. If he’s good they can keep him at those numbers. If he’s meh, they can ask for a reduction or cut him pretty harmlessly.
 
swal75 said:
Salaries are 7/8.75/10.25/10.75 with 300k roster bonuses every year. If he’s good they can keep him at those numbers. If he’s meh, they can ask for a reduction or cut him pretty harmlessly.
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There is a chance that jacksonville could convert some of that salary into a bonus before trading him and lower those cap hits for an extra pick… there was talk of that but I don’t know if the league was cool with it or not… maybe that is the hangup
 
madinsomniac said:
Thats a big cap hit they are taking on at lb going forward….
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According to Lolley on DKSports Schoebert‘s base salary is $7 million, which is fully guaranteed in 2021. However, the contract then is $8.75 million in 2022, $10.25 million in 2023 and $10.75 million in 2024, along with some incentive/roster bonuses included in the length of contract. However, PIT could release him at any point in his contract and not be on the hook for any significant dead money.
 
Black & Gold Bleeder said:
we all have a cap ,, how is any other owner able to spend more?
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Jacksonville probably rolled over a bunch of space from 2020 to 2021.

they’re on the hook for him for 7 million this year so it’s likely they offered to eat some of his 7 million in order to make a trade. (As Madison said)
 
Aggressive move. Seems like they're going all in for Ben. They must think they're okay in the secondary though.
 
Black & Gold Bleeder said:
we all have a cap ,, how is any other owner able to spend more?
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Jacksonville has 30 million in cap space and unlike say mike brown… their owner isn’t a penny pinching asswipe … if they can blow some cap and money this year to get more assets for a couple years down the road they might do it
 
Dude has 274 tackles, 7 INTs (including a pick-six), 4.5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 13 TFLs, 13 PDs, and 10 QB hits in the last two seasons. He's started 61 out of 64 games in the last 4 years.

Schobert is a solid tackler, he makes big plays, he stays healthy, and he's good in coverage -- everything the Steelers need at inside linebacker.
 
topseed said:
Dude has 274 tackles, 7 INTs (including a pick-six), 4.5 sacks, 4 forced fumbles, 13 TFLs, 13 PDs, and 10 QB hits in the last two seasons.
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You sure that's right? Because that's otherworldly.
 
Steelworth said:
You sure that's right? Because that's otherworldly.
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Yes, the numbers are right. And they don't include 2017, either, when Schobert led the entire league with 144 tackles in his first full year as a starter. Granted, he has played on some pretty bad teams, which has probably inflated those totals to some degree because those defenses were on the field a lot. Still...
 
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