Extension Talks, Biggest Holes that Remain

About this episode

Ricky Turner discusses contract extensions for Steelers players, key questions for the team, and positional outlooks for running backs and safeties.

On this episode of Steelers Central, it's time to talk about some extension-worthy players ahead of the new year from Omar Khan's draft class, see which contracts I think are most likely to get done, and which are least likely. Also, hear my thoughts on why Keeanu Benton's contract negotiation might be the most interesting. Next, I'll give my take on the biggest remaining questions on both the offensive and defensive sides of the ball. Hint: It is not the QB Position. Lastly, we continue our positional breakdowns by analyzing both the RB and safety positions. Hear why I think the Steelers will have a tough time deciding who to keep outside of Warren and Dowdle, and why one injury to the safety room could lead to some problems with the team running split safeties. 0:00-18:32 Steelers Extension Decisions 18:33-29:00 Steelers Biggest Questionmarks 29:01-38:24 Positional Outlook: RB 38:25-47:15 Positional Outlook: Safeties

People in this episode

Host: Ricky Turner

Topics covered

• contract extensions
• Steelers analysis
• positional breakdowns
• offensive questions
• defensive questions

Keywords

• Steelers
• contract negotiations
• Omar Khan
• Keeanu Benton
• positional breakdown
• RB
• safeties
• Warren
• Dowdle

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