holy cow. If there's one team that never makes that kind of trade, it's Pittsburgh ... but I guess that changes when jobs are on the line.
I would have loved this before Ben went down. Steelers need a top FS badly and Sean Davis is an upcoming UFA, plus he also suffered a torn labrum on Sunday ... so Minkah fills a huge need and the Steelers have not exactly been good when it comes to drafting DBs in the last decade (or sign them as FA, for that matter).
But with Ben down and at 0-2, this could be a disaster. They are banking on Rudolph balling and the D getting their #### together, because right now it looks like that pick could easily be a top 8 pick, maybe even top 5. Their hopes in Rudolph plus Ben intending to come back probably means they wouldn't have taken a QB anyway, but still, that's a very valuable pick. I really like Minkah, but he better be worth it.
With the acquisition of Minkah, Butler now has 8 former 1st round picks as starters and two more as backups. If he can't make this work, this man should never get another chance at coaching at the NFL level.
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