The Pittsburgh Steelers needed a strong safety. Thursday, they added one with DeShon Elliott. He’s not the top name of the market the way Patrick Queen was. He didn’t have to be. All the team needed was someone solid and trustworthy to play in the box. Elliott can be that guy.
Due to injury and Damontae Kazee’s suspension, the Steelers finished last season with a revolving door of safeties., shifting Patrick Peterson, increasing Miles Killebrew’s role, signing Eric Rowe off the street. They made the best of a bad situation. Thrived, they did not, but they survived.
The Steelers get a pass for that.