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2026 Free Agency Begins Thread

Coryea said:
These signings look alot like the Colbert/Cowher days, sign quality FA's at positions of need or weakness so you don't have to reach for a need in the draft and can look at BPA.
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So a G please. Next up on the docket.

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slashsteel said:
Also worth noting is Ramsey has a bonus due today. So if they plan on unloading him one way or another that would happen today more than likely.

If it is quiet on the home front say into the evening then that indicates again more than likely that he is staying put.
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The bonus due today is only $2m so probably doesn't impact tradeability too much. The $3.5m in salary that becomes guaranteed would make cutting him less doable.
 
Coryea said:
Somone quoted

This was the first game this past season I believe vs the Jets, the guys on the fan were going crazy because PFF rated Fields better than Rodgers after that game.
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I remember. Rodgers' TDs were catch and long run or wide open. Throws any QB should be able to make.

If people listened more to PFF, nobody would have been excited about signing Trubisky a couple years ago. They all cited his passer rating that one year, the same year PFF had him rated 33rd and were pilloried by Bears fans.
 
SteelerInLebanon said:
He may be in NY/NJ but he is certainly no Giant. He may still be here if he was.
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Heā€™s also still be here if the NFL allowed Midget tossing, still.



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Drink IRON City said:
Heā€™s also still be here if the NFL allowed Midget tossing, still.



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Darnell picks up Austin and throws him for the first. Gives a new meaning to fourth and short.
 
Litos said:
I'd draft a safety before double dipping at either line
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Iā€™d like an impact player back there too

With Elliot returning
What theyā€™ve done at CB (allows Ramsey at S)
Brought in Savage and Brisker
Still have the young Castro too, iirc

I think the FA moves have pushed the S need down the board. There are some good bangers that will be available late, but with other needs a top 100 pick for a ballhawk seems 50/50 at best now where it was a pretty big need a week ago.

Seems a T and a G should be a lock
A minimum 1 DL seems needed
Just figured a 2nd would happen cuz Weidl

As the roster sits today OL should be a top priority along with QB and WR imho

Seems like DL would be next up on the needs list to me. We have 4 guys that form the base of the room, but one is older than dirt and decision time on Benton will be coming soon too.
 
Fiji Mariner said:
Iā€™d like an impact player back there too

With Elliot returning
What theyā€™ve done at CB (allows Ramsey at S)
Brought in Savage and Brisker
Still have the young Castro too, iirc

I think the FA moves have pushed the S need down the board. There are some good bangers that will be available late, but with other needs a top 100 pick for a ballhawk seems 50/50 at best now where it was a pretty big need a week ago.

Seems a T and a G should be a lock
A minimum 1 DL seems needed
Just figured a 2nd would happen cuz Weidl

As the roster sits today OL should be a top priority along with QB and WR imho

Seems like DL would be next up on the needs list to me. We have 4 guys that form the base of the room, but one is older than dirt and decision time on Benton will be coming soon too.p,
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yeap, agree. I'm expecting a new contract for Benton pretty soon
 
WindyCitySteel said:
I remember. Rodgers' TDs were catch and long run or wide open. Throws any QB should be able to make.

If people listened more to PFF, nobody would have been excited about signing Trubisky a couple years ago. They all cited his passer rating that one year, the same year PFF had him rated 33rd and were pilloried by Bears fans.
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PFF and similar sites are the reason Garrett won DPOY a few season back when Watt beat him in every single stat, and had like 7 more sacks than him. Lead the NFL in most of those categories as well.
 
slashsteel said:
So a G please. Next up on the docket.

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Im hearing they are going to use Anderson as a starter. Any additions will be as a backup. Id like them to have brought in another experienced IOL, or maybe target that Penn State kid higher up in the draft, but it looks like that is going to be a lower mid round target. Maybe a leftover FA too..,
 
Coryea said:
PFF and similar sites are the reason Garrett won DPOY a few season back when Watt beat him in every single stat, and had like 7 more sacks than him. Lead the NFL in most of those categories as well.
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The issue with PFF is too high a reliance on subjectivity.

When the concept of advanced stats was first being explored, it was because the basic objective stats could be misleading..

ESPN took the advanced stat concept too far with QBR... which interjected highly biased subjectivity to the stat process... PFF took it a step further doing the same thing for every position...

The issue with that is their analysts judge players by the techniques and strategies they are familiar with... 50 years ago that may have worked, but this era there are so many varied techniques and strategies and so much read options that no analyst can know what players were expected to do on a play with any real consistency... its basically an educated guess stat...

It is right on occasion, sure... there are often basic concepts they correctly judge... but it is wrong a metric ton and players and coaches point that out often ...
 
Saw somewhere he was listed at 310 lbs, heā€™s bigger than that and when I heard of the signing, I was also hoping allot of snaps at NT. Long arms as well, over 34.
 
Rasheed Walker is signing with Carolina, worth up to 10m...that's a steal for his talent, must have some other issues going on...
 
Coryea said:
PFF and similar sites are the reason Garrett won DPOY a few season back when Watt beat him in every single stat, and had like 7 more sacks than him. Lead the NFL in most of those categories as well.
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And people used PFF to defend Watt when his sacks were down. Tj's sacks that year he won it were literally 2% of the snaps he played that season. Most overrated stat in sports history.

The other 98% of the snaps kind of matter.
 
madinsomniac said:
The issue with PFF is too high a reliance on subjectivity.

When the concept of advanced stats was first being explored, it was because the basic objective stats could be misleading..

ESPN took the advanced stat concept too far with QBR... which interjected highly biased subjectivity to the stat process... PFF took it a step further doing the same thing for every position...

The issue with that is their analysts judge players by the techniques and strategies they are familiar with... 50 years ago that may have worked, but this era there are so many varied techniques and strategies and so much read options that no analyst can know what players were expected to do on a play with any real consistency... its basically an educated guess stat...

It is right on occasion, sure... there are often basic concepts they correctly judge... but it is wrong a metric ton and players and coaches point that out often ...
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Well said madinsomniac, appreciate yaz.

It was a travesty on the miles garret over TJ WATT on DPOY.




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SteelerInLebanon said:
At this rate we won't have any "needs" before the draft if get a guard and sign AR. Then we just draft bpa.
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Sorry, but you know this as well as I, even with the aaa-Ron, we have ā€œneedsā€ at QB.




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insaniti said:
Rasheed Walker is signing with Carolina, worth up to 10m...that's a steal for his talent, must have some other issues going on...
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I see a lot saying the Dan Moore contract last year has teams scared.

Overall, a solid job in free agency.

Pittman, Dean, Dowdle, and Brisker are all potential impact players. More importantly, it really opens up the first two days of the draft. I still would place a high value on WR, but the Steelers have a lot of flexibility to move around and acquire the best available players.
 
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