The Pittsburgh Steelers picked up the fifth-year option on safety Minkah Fitzpatrick last offseason and now the team plans to sign the player they traded for a few years ago to a lucrative contract extension at some point during this offseason.
On Friday, Steelers team president Art Rooney II was asked about the possibility of an offseason contract extension for Fitzpatrick during his one-on-one interview with Missi Matthews of steelers.com.
“Yes, we would like to extend Minkah’s contract this offseason, and so that’ll be an important piece of business that hopefully we can get done before the season starts,” Rooney told Matthews.