Former Buffalo Bills safety Jordan Poyer would make a good partner for Minkah Fitzpatrick in the Pittsburgh Steelers secondary.
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00:00 Jordan Boyer, 33 years old by the start of the season.
00:04 Steven Thompson tweeted out yesterday, you better learn the word GINS.
00:07 He does perfectly fit who the Pittsburgh Steelers are as a defense.
00:12 And obviously he would be an upgrade over Keanu Neal and Demonte KZ.
00:17 But again, the problem is, is that you are 33 years old.
00:20 And I think that is where the issues come into play.
00:23 And if the Steelers are considering adding a safety, which they 100% should, the market
00:27 right now for the safety position is unreal.
00:31 The Steelers could not only get Boyer, but many other options that are, I don't want
00:36 to say well above a guy like Demonte KZ, but well above a guy like Keanu Neal and certainly
00:43 above a guy like Demonte KZ.
00:45 They could upgrade the position.
00:46 They've been looking for an answer there even before Terrell Edmonds left.
00:50 They were not sold on Terrell Edmonds being the guy long-term.
00:54 That is why they brought in a guy like KZ.
00:56 That is why they let Edmonds walk in free agency after just signing him to a one-year
01:01 deal.
01:02 He was never the long-term answer.
01:03 The Steelers are still searching for a long-term answer.
01:06 Maybe Jordan Poyer is that answer.
01:10 This is where things get a little bit tricky.
01:12 Two years ago, he's looking at eight tackles for loss.
01:15 He's got, I don't know, nine interceptions in 2021 and 2022 combined.
01:21 Massive numbers.
01:22 You're looking at this guy saying he's still the top of his game.
01:24 He's one of the best safeties in the NFL.
01:26 It would be great to have him on your football team.
01:30 This past season, zero interceptions, two tackles for loss.
01:34 Again, he's going to be 33 years old by the time the season starts.
01:37 I view him as more of a, yeah, this is really nice.
01:40 If the safety class wasn't so stacked, he could be a much brighter answer, a much bigger
01:48 name.
01:49 I think he's going to get swallowed up a little bit.
01:50 That's where things come into play again, though, where the Pittsburgh Steelers might
01:53 get a sneaky signing.
01:54 Take a look at them and say, the market's going to go quick.
01:57 You're going to get guys like Justin Simmons.
01:59 You're going to get guys like Jamal Adams.
02:01 Guys like Chauncey Gardner Johnson, all flying off the board for massive deals.
02:08 Maybe just maybe Jordan Poyer's around for a very, very cheap one year deal and the Steelers
02:14 just look at it as a filler.
02:16 This is a bridge guy.
02:17 This is a gap player.
02:18 The problem there is the NFL draft doesn't really have those rookies that are coming
02:22 in here that you can work with and say, "Oh, okay, you're the next guy."
02:26 Jumante KZ is also going to be 30 years old.
02:29 He's not the next guy.
02:30 You just don't have that guy to bridge with.