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Colin Cowherd Blasts Steelers For Fitzpatrick Extension: ‘Scale Back On The Big Raises For Defensive Guys’

Most have praised the Pittsburgh Steelers for locking up Minkah Fitzpatrick to a four-year extension, making him the highest paid safety in football and keeping him in Pittsburgh for the long haul.

Not Colin Cowherd.

On his show Thursday, Cowherd went all-in against the Steelers making the move, questioning if the team’s standard has slipped and if their philosophy is in the wrong.

“They have a great history,” he said. “But almost none of it in the last 12 years. Their biggest rivals in the AFC all have better quarterbacks than they do. They have a defensive coach in clearly an offensive league.