McCorkle: Lack Of Steelers Buzz For Jaire Alexander Would not Bode Nicely For Jalen Ramsey Rumors

The rumor mill has been lively in Pittsburgh Steelers media in latest days. Some assume they didn’t do sufficient to improve their secondary this offseason, and that’s the place rumors have cropped up concerning the Steelers’ potential curiosity in cornerbacks like Jaire Alexander and Jalen Ramsey.

Alexander ended up signing with the Baltimore Ravens and subsequent stories have revealed a few the different groups. Notably, the Steelers have been lacking from that checklist, based on ESPN’s Jeremy Fowler on Saturday morning. In the event that they have been interested by upgrading their cornerback place, don’t you assume they might have been closely concerned in making a suggestion for Alexander?

Fowler’s report wasn’t essentially an exhaustive checklist, however simply the groups that Alexander was contemplating. To me, the shortage of serious buzz for Pittsburgh is telling of the Steelers’ rumored curiosity in Ramsey. Why would they skip over a budget one-year free agent deal for a 28-year outdated and go straight to the costly practically 31-year-old that must be traded for?

The Steelers have been very cautious of their offseason strategy to stockpile as many 2026 NFL Draft picks as attainable. Common supervisor Omar Khan even admitted that it knowledgeable a few of their resolution making in free company. As a substitute of pursuing the biggest-name free brokers, they added from the checklist of gamers that weren’t going to tank their comp decide system. Darius Slay is a good instance as he was launched by the Eagles and subsequently didn’t rely in opposition to the system.

The rumors linking them to cornerbacks by no means made a lot sense to start with. They aren’t going to maneuver Joey Porter Jr. off his beginning place in a possible contract yr, and so they aren’t paying Slay $10 million to mentor Porter and sit on the bench. Including one other costly nook into the combo has the potential to create pointless rigidity within the locker room.

Even when the Steelers try to go all-in on Aaron Rodgers for one yr, there’s in all probability cash and draft capital higher spent at different positions like vast receiver. I wouldn’t get your hopes up too excessive for the Steelers to commerce for Jalen Ramsey if I have been you.