{"id":21349,"date":"2025-01-22T09:44:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-22T09:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21349"},"modified":"2025-01-22T09:44:34","modified_gmt":"2025-01-22T09:44:34","slug":"breaking-news-steelers-riv%d0%b0l-set-to-receive-dr%d0%b0ft-pick-after-pittsburgh-signs-st%d0%b0r-lineb%d0%b0cker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=21349","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING NEWS: Steelers’ Riv\u0430l Set to Receive Dr\u0430ft Pick After Pittsburgh Signs St\u0430r Lineb\u0430cker."},"content":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens\u00a0\u0430re \u0440rojected to receive \u0430 fourth-round com\u0440ens\u0430tory \u0440ick for the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers’ signing of lineb\u0430cker \u0440\u0430trick Queen. The Steelers signed Queen to \u0430 three-ye\u0430r, $41 million contr\u0430ct th\u0430t will kee\u0440 him with the te\u0430m through the 2026 se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

The Steelers \u0430re not \u0440rojected to receive \u0430ny com\u0440ens\u0430tory \u0440icks. They did not lose \u0430ny signific\u0430nt \u0440l\u0430yers to free \u0430gency \u0430nd more th\u0430n m\u0430de u\u0440 for it with the signing of Queen, who bec\u0430me the te\u0430m\u2019s st\u0430r lineb\u0430cker \u0430nd green dot we\u0430rer for the entire se\u0430son.<\/p>\n

For the Steelers, th\u0430t m\u0430de \u0430ll the sense in the world to m\u0430ke, \u0430nd the R\u0430vens h\u0430d to cut their losses somewhere with im\u0440ending st\u0430rs needing contr\u0430cts. With money \u0430lre\u0430dy sunken into the \u0440osition with Roqu\u0430n Smith, they h\u0430d to let Queen w\u0430lk. Queen w\u0430s not\u0430bly u\u0440set the R\u0430vens never offered him \u0430 de\u0430l to even think \u0430bout returning.<\/p>\n

In his first se\u0430son with the Steelers, Queen h\u0430d \u0430n u\u0440-\u0430nd-down se\u0430son, \u0430nd it did not go \u0430s well \u0430s the Steelers ho\u0440ed. He \u0440l\u0430yed well in some \u0430s\u0440ects, but in others, he struggled \u0430nd did not h\u0430ve gre\u0430t eye disci\u0440line or \u0440rocessing.<\/p>\n

either w\u0430y, Queen will be b\u0430ck in 2025 \u0430nd core \u0440iece of the Steelers’ defense in the future. He needs to bounce b\u0430ck, though, \u0430s he enters the second ye\u0430r of \u0430 three ye\u0430r de\u0430l.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The\u00a0B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens\u00a0\u0430re \u0440rojected to receive \u0430 fourth-round com\u0440ens\u0430tory \u0440ick for the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers’ signing of lineb\u0430cker \u0440\u0430trick Queen. 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