The Pittsburgh Steelers released a starting safety earlier this year. Then they signed a starting safety in the offseason. But will that new safety play in the same spot as the one held by the safety that was released?
The general assumption has been that he will not, ultimately, but the Steelers did talk about Morgan Burnett starting the offseason off playing at free safety, where Mike Mitchell patrolled for the defense over the course of the past four years.
According to Tim Benz, “every indication has been that Keith Butler would prefer Burnett” play in roles other than free safety, including strong safety and in the dimebacker role that he was used in for the Green Bay Packers last season, so much so that he even ended up with the green dot.