After his fourth season on the Steelers, fans were getting fed up with the lack of production from former 2015 first-round pick, Bud Dupree. Despite playing in all 16 games in 2018, Dupree didn’t seem to make much of an impact on the football field and he managed just 5.5 sacks and 8 tackles or a loss last season.
While many fans didn’t agree with Pittsburgh’s choice of giving Dupree the fifth-year option, we can all be glad they did at this point. Dupree, the former 22nd overall pick of the 2015 NFL Draft, finally came alive in his fifth NFL season – exploding for 68 tackles, 11.