Former All-Professional Devin McCourty Shares Response To Minkah Fitzpatrick Commerce

Minkah Fitzpatrick spent six years with the Steelers, and so they rewarded him handsomely, so why is he now not right here? That’s a query that many have requested, however solely these within the group can really reply it. Is it merely a matter of him not enjoying to the extent that’s essential to justify his pay, or is there one thing extra?

For one more All-Professional security, it needs to be one thing extra than simply the tape. Devin McCourty, who Invoice Belichick tasked with operating his New England Patriots protection, not too long ago appeared on 93.7 The Fan. He expressed shock that they made the transfer, suggesting it should be what we’re not seeing.

“After I noticed that, it instructed me that they really feel like there’s one thing there that they weren’t getting with Minkah Fitzpatrick”, McCourty stated of the Steelers’ huge commerce. “It simply made me really feel like no matter they see on a day-to-day foundation, they don’t really feel prefer it’s the identical that they have been getting. To me, that’s the one method you eliminate a participant who not solely has been an amazing participant for you, he’s been a pacesetter, he’s been a presence in Pittsburgh”.

Minkah Fitzpatrick made the Professional Bowl in 5 of his six seasons with the Steelers, and three All-Professional lists. The previous two seasons, he nonetheless made the Professional Bowl, however with out his standard stats. Because the begin of 2023, he has only one interception, one compelled fumble, and 7 passes defensed. As compared, he recorded 17 interceptions throughout his first 4 seasons in Pittsburgh.

Fitzpatrick continues to be simply 28 years previous, and McCourty trusts that he feels he has one thing to indicate the Steelers. Granted, they didn’t simply give him away however moderately acquired two Professional Bowl gamers. Between DB Jalen Ramsey and TE Jonnu Smith, they could have added a web surplus of expertise.

Not if Minkah Fitzpatrick has something to say concerning the Steelers’ determination, although. “I’m certain Miami’s completely happy to get him again, and I do know he in all probability needs to show lots of people unsuitable in Pittsburgh proper now”, McCourty stated.

Not that it isn’t apparent. I’m certain each participant whose group has ever traded him has wished to show it made a mistake. Even when the choice is predicated on cash and the wage cap, they nonetheless wish to present they’re invaluable.

And there’s nothing saying Minkah Fitzpatrick can’t have a significantly better season than he had with the Steelers since 2023. In spite of everything, there’s nothing basically totally different about him, nothing that he can’t reclaim. Some have urged diminished velocity, however I don’t see that. By and enormous, I believe his dangerous moments merely caught out greater than they ordinarily do. He missed some performs that he often makes, however that’s true of everybody.

The query is, have been the Steelers assured that they might have seen the “previous” Minkah Fitzpatrick this yr? In mild of the truth that they traded him, maybe not. It’s not like they acquired Jalen Ramsey as a part of a youth motion, since he’s older.