The Pittsburgh Steelers pursued three options at safety and ended up landing two of them—for bargain rates. They first re-signed their own, Terrell Edmunds, just before the draft on a Four-Year Player Benefit contract. Then they added veteran starter Damontae Kazee for the minimum after the draft.
This time around, Kazee is reportedly already back on a two-year deal, though it hasn’t officially been submitted to and approved by the league yet. Meanwhile, Edmunds remains unsigned during his second consecutive season on the open market. So what is going on at the back end of the defense?
“As for Edmunds, he wants to test the free agent market and the Steelers know that, but don’t rule out the possibility of him returning if there are no buyers”, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette beat writer Gerry Dulac wrote in yesterday’s chat.