Former Broncos Safety Best Option For Steelers Secondary
Former Denver Broncos safety Justin Simmons is the best free agent option to upgrade the Pittsburgh Steelers secondary.
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00:00 And Justin Simmons is by far the biggest name that the Pittsburgh Steelers could sign at safety.
00:04 He makes all the sense in the world. $11.1 million over two years is what Spotrak has
00:11 his market value at. And I'm sorry, but I'm giving up $11.1 million over two years for
00:16 Justin Simmons. That's $30 million, just above $30 million for your safety, which is crazy.
00:22 That's a ton of money, way too much money to pay one position. But again, you just signed
00:27 Russell Wilson for $1.2 million. Your quarterback situation is so beyond cheap, you don't have to
00:35 worry about it at all. And now with Russ being there and whether it's a competition or not a
00:39 competition, I'm not concerned about Kenny Pickett's next contract. I'm not concerned
00:44 about Kenny Pickett's fifth year option. I'm looking at this and just saying, look at for
00:48 right now, Kenny isn't in the long-term plans because he's got to beat out Russ. So this is
00:51 only short-term thinking you signed Russ to win a super bowl. Justin Simmons puts you on the map
00:58 to go win a super bowl. I believe it was three interceptions last season. The dude's 31 years
01:02 old. I get it, but he's a four-time all pro. You go out and get that guy. Zero questions asked.
01:08 I think that him and Russ have some connection, at least enough of a connection to say, Hey,
01:13 come to Pittsburgh. Mike Tomlin calls him. Hey, come to Pittsburgh. I'm making that. Like if I
01:18 could sign Patrick Queen and Justin Simmons for, I don't know, $29 million and you use
01:25 Justin Simmons as a guy who his base salary's four or $5 million and you saw you toss him a
01:31 huge signing bonus. That's minimum cap space, $23 million in cap space. You still have $5
01:39 million before you even do anything else. And you could still go out and get a boatload of guys.