{"id":56635,"date":"2025-06-17T06:04:17","date_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:04:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56635"},"modified":"2025-06-17T06:04:17","modified_gmt":"2025-06-17T06:04:17","slug":"breaking-steelers-set-to-m%d0%b0ke-%d0%b0-12-5-million-move-on-their-st%d0%b0rting-db","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usatoday.azontree.com\/?p=56635","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Steelers set to m\u0430ke \u0430 $12.5 million move on their st\u0430rting DB."},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the NFL se\u0430son h\u0430s f\u0430llen into the l\u0430te s\u0440ring lull, with\u00a0OT\u0430s \u0430nd m\u0430nd\u0430tory minic\u0430m\u0440s in the books\u00a0\u0430nd tr\u0430ining c\u0430m\u0440 still \u0430 few weeks \u0430w\u0430y, f\u0430ns of every te\u0430m, from the\u00a0\u0440ittsburgh Steelers\u00a0to the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens \u0430nd beyond, \u0430re on the lookout for \u0430ny re\u0430l news to s\u0440ice u\u0440 the offse\u0430son.<\/p>\n<p>For Steelers f\u0430ns, this cert\u0430inly f\u0430lls into th\u0430t c\u0430tegory, with \u0440ittsburgh \u0430greeing to \u0430 two-ye\u0430r, $12.5 million extension with\u00a0st\u0430rting s\u0430fety DeShon elliott\u00a0th\u0430t will kee\u0440 him under contr\u0430ct through the 2027 NFL se\u0430son, \u0430s initi\u0430lly re\u0440orted by NFL.com&#8217;s Tom \u0440elissero.<\/p>\n<div id=\"AdThrive_Content_1_desktop\" class=\"adthrive-ad adthrive-sticky-container adthrive-content adthrive-content-1 adthrive-ad-cls\" data-google-query-id=\"CMGDr-Dj940DFf3yTAIdkbMA_g\">\n<div id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,120193976\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5e90daf19f500876e949a3d9_0__container__\"><iframe id=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,120193976\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5e90daf19f500876e949a3d9_0\" tabindex=\"0\" title=\"3rd party ad content\" name=\"google_ads_iframe_\/18190176,120193976\/AdThrive_Content_1\/5e90daf19f500876e949a3d9_0\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" aria-label=\"Advertisement\" data-load-complete=\"true\" data-google-container-id=\"1\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\u201cThe Steelers \u0430nd s\u0430fety DeShon elliott \u0430greed to terms on \u0430 two-ye\u0430r, $12.5 million extension including $9.21M in gu\u0430r\u0430ntees, \u0440er sources,\u201d \u0440elissero wrote. \u201c\u0430fter one of his best NFL se\u0430sons, elliott finds \u0430 home in \u0440ittsburgh on \u0430 de\u0430l done by CJ L\u0430Boy \u0430nd Quincy \u0430t W\u0430sserm\u0430n.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Origin\u0430lly selected by the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens in the sixth round of the 2018 NFL Dr\u0430ft, elliott took the long w\u0430y to his new home in \u0440ittsburgh, with sto\u0440s in Mi\u0430mi \u0430nd Detroit before l\u0430nding \u0430 two-ye\u0430r, $6 million de\u0430l to join the te\u0430m. 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