I'm not sure the Steelers are even interested in trading him. He is getting paid a ton also, likely league high for safety, which he started playing last year while being paid as a top CB.
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They re-structured his deal and by trading him, they'd be out of his deal with a little cap savings.
His total comp for '26 is gonna be almost 20 mill which seems an awful lot
I can almost guarantee that the Steelers will probably renegotiate his contract as they have a new HC in the building. Obviously this is me guessing.
You are probably correct that he will handle it well. But things can look different when snap percentages change. If he were to handle all the snaps in that deep middle role maybe opposing defenses test him more.
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well, like I said, I don't think deep middle is a good use of his skills and if I'm being more detailed, I think he'd get cooked there. We currently don't have a safety on the roster who could play deep middle regularly. We get away with Kinchens, Curl and Lake playing deep middle cause they only do it a partial amount of the time and often when we're rotating out of two high first. I wouldn't want any of our guys and especially Lake playing it regularly.
I heard a stat on Seattle how they had the best run defense while playing in a light box, since the 2020 Staley led Rams D.
Who were the guys we had then playing in a light box? Obviously Ramsey was good against the run, who else? I know Williams was a starting CB. Fuller? Johnson? Can't think what the configuration was. That's pre Earnest Jones at LB.
Who were the guys we had then playing in a light box? Obviously Ramsey was good against the run, who else? I know Williams was a starting CB. Fuller? Johnson? Can't think what the configuration was. That's pre Earnest Jones at LB.
The key to that working is your DL.
In 2020 the Rams had A'Shawn Robinson, Brockers, and AD. That's 3 great run defenders.
Seattle has Lawrence, Leonard Williams, and Murphy. All three are very good run defenders.
This is why in addition to improving the secondary I feel Fiske needs to be upgraded. He's a liability in run defense.
Thought about this and remembered that Leonard Little was also very good vs the run. I forgot about him.
Fiske is the guy you put in there on third and long, 4 minute, or when a team abandons the run because they're down big. I'd like to see him improve vs double teams but he earns his keep for what he adds.
Rams just need to add more beef for the rotation. Having a good young NT behind Ford with fresh legs would do wonders.
I've never understood why this had to be decided before year 4
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I agree on Fiske's usage - a designated pass rusher. They are, however, giving him starting snaps, causing him to play too many snaps against the run where he's a liability. If we draft a real 5T to start, we can put Fiske in his proper role as you outlined.
I may be in the minority, but I don't see the big need for a backup NT. That's why they drafted Ty Hamilton, who I think they'll give another year to see if he produces.