Steelers Signed Top LB On A Bargain Contract

The Pittsburgh Steelers signed top free agent linebacker Patrick Queen to a bargain contract.

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00:00 I saw ESPN give him a C plus, which is wild to me.

00:03 What is C plus C plus grade? Couldn't I couldn't believe it at all.

00:07 I was like, well, that makes zero sense just to run through like I because I immediately was like,

00:10 all right, well, let's just explain to everybody why they're wrong here.

00:13 24 years old was a second team all pro last season, made the Pro Bowl, had 133 tackles

00:20 or something like that is blazing fast for an inside linebacker is a good coverage option.

00:26 And his estimated market value, we talked, me and Nick talked about this yesterday.

00:30 His estimated market value is $18 million. The Pittsburgh Steelers got him on a team

00:35 friendly deal this year. It's just over six point five million dollars for a cap hit.

00:41 And overall, you're paying him an average of 13.6 or something million dollars.

00:46 You got this guy for a bargain team friendly deal. 24 years old, all pro,

00:50 easily the biggest inside linebacker on the market. I mean, just looks like a steal.

00:54 Like this is how it's a steal. You could you could be a fan of Patrick Queen or not a fan of

00:59 Patrick Queen. You have to look at it realistically and say for what the Pittsburgh Steelers paid

01:04 for a guy that gives them their best shot at recreating success at inside linebacker.

01:10 There's just no questions. There's no questions. He is like I saw people tweeting it out. And it's

01:15 it is like it's arguably the biggest free agent signing the Pittsburgh Steelers have

01:20 made in the last I mean, maybe ever. I'm not going to go that far back because I just don't know.

01:26 I can't sit here and confidently say I know every single Steelers free agent signing. But I'll tell

01:30 you that. In in the last, I don't know, 10 years, I think it's pretty high up there, if not the best

01:39 and gives them the best shot to just totally revamp that defense and like clear up a major

01:45 hole like it's been to go from. I mean, you could run through John Bostic, Avery Williamson at one.

01:52 It was Vince Williams, Robert Spillane, Devin Bush and Miles Jack were like the guys that were like,

01:58 all right, at some point somebody is going to fill this hole for the Pittsburgh Steelers.

02:03 The names that they've gone through to come out with this, I just think that it's

02:06 it's like almost honestly worth the wait. It's crazy.