Feb. 13, 2026, 4:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n
As free agency<\/a> rapidly approaches, the Pittsburgh Steelers<\/a> could be forced to address a few major questions on the offensive side of the ball, particularly if veteran starting left guard Isaac Seumalo departs as a free agent<\/a>.<\/p>\n There are few guards that could take Seumalo’s place, however, such as David Edwards of the Buffalo Bills<\/a>, who has emerged as one of the top free agents.<\/p>\n Stats (Per PFF)<\/p>\n 2019: 689 snaps played, 1 sack allowed, 9 penalties2020: 1,006 snaps played, 3 sacks allowed, 1 penalty2021: 1,086 snaps played, 6 sacks allowed, 3 penalties2022: 230 snaps played, 3 sacks allowed, 1 penalty2023: 148 snaps played, 0 sacks allowed, 1 penalty2024: 975 snaps played, 0 sacks allowed, 6 penalties2025: 1,035 snaps played, 3 sacks allowed, 3 penalties<\/p>\n Fit with Steelers<\/a> offense<\/p>\n One of the league’s better pass-blocking guards, Edwards would provide the Steelers with a smooth transition on the offensive line if Seumalo walks away. With 103 games of experience, including 77 starts, Edwards is arguably the best guard Pittsburgh can pursue in free agency.<\/p>\n Expert NFL picks: Exclusive betting insights only at USA TODAY.<\/a>Contract prediction<\/p>\n Signing Edwards wouldn’t be cheap for Pittsburgh, especially considering his projected average annual value of $19.9 million, per Spotrac. We at Steelers Wire rounded up to predict a four-year, $80 million contract for Edwards.<\/p>\n For up-to-date\u00a0Steelers\u00a0coverage, including any offseason moves, follow us on X\u00a0@TheSteelersWire<\/a>\u00a0and give our\u00a0Facebook page<\/a>\u00a0a like.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Feb. 13, 2026, 4:00 p.m. ET As free agency rapidly approaches, the Pittsburgh Steelers could be forced to…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":750199,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2048],"tags":[95878,215,214,53,2086,7,6,96718,96719,95882,96033,107110,95893,97190,95888,95895,95899,96720,95902,95883,95881],"class_list":{"0":"post-750198","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-buffalo-bills","8":"tag-accessfree","9":"tag-bills","10":"tag-buffalo","11":"tag-buffalo-bills","12":"tag-buffalobills","13":"tag-football","14":"tag-nfl","15":"tag-sstssportsnflsteelers","16":"tag-sstsnsteelers","17":"tag-tagamerican-football","18":"tag-tagbuffalo-bills","19":"tag-tagdavid-edwards","20":"tag-tagfacebook","21":"tag-tagisaac-seumalo","22":"tag-tagnfl","23":"tag-tagnfl-hub","24":"tag-tagoverall-neutral","25":"tag-tagpittsburgh-steelers","26":"tag-tagsport-scores-statistics","27":"tag-tagsports-news","28":"tag-typestory"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116065590836111288","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=750198"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/750198\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/750199"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=750198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=750198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=750198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}