With just days to go until the 2020 NFL draft, we are going to go through all of the Steelers positional units to review the current state of the roster, gauge draft needs and talk about some approaches to addressing the need.
This time we talk about safety.
Roster
The reason the Steelers don’t have a first-round pick this year is they traded it early last season for safety Minkah Fitzpatrick. Fitzpatrick is easily one of the best safeties in the league and more than makes up for the fact the Steelers aren’t picking on Thursday this year.
Pittsburgh’s other starting safety is another former first-round pick, Terrell Edmunds. Unfortunately, Edmunds hasn’t lived up to his draft status and it really showed last season playing next to an elite player like Fitzpatrick.
In terms of depth, Marcus Allen and Jordan Dangerfield are the primary backups with the most experience.