102.5 WDVE\u2019s Morning Show with Randy Baumann<\/a>. \u201cLooking at the free agent market for guards, it doesn\u2019t seem like it\u2019s the greatest. You either have a bunch of old guys, or a bunch of young guys. Seumalo is not a big ticket, but we\u2019ll see. The problem is he\u2019s been nicked a lot lately. He has played, but he doesn\u2019t practice a lot because he seems to be hurt a lot. He\u2019ll probably test the market, but if he leaves, their intention is to sign a guard in free agency to replace him.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/p>\nWith 12 draft picks in hand, the Steelers could just as easily address the position with a rookie in April. I was expecting to see several formal interviews with guards at the 2026 NFL Scouting Combine. That was not the case, which suggests limited interest in the rookie class. They could still draft one, but a proven commodity on the veteran market makes more sense to start this season.<\/p>\n
Those options include Joel Bitonio, Wyatt Teller, Kevin Zeitler, James Daniels, Ethan Pocic, John Simpson, and Alijah Vera-Tucker. The names at the top of that list are just as old, if not older, than Seumalo. They should also be on the pricier end. James Daniels is still young and could make sense for a reunion, but he had back-to-back season-ending injuries over the last two years.<\/p>\n
Seumalo may not be a big ticket around the league at his age, but there\u2019s a good chance he signs the biggest contract of the Steelers\u2019 departing free agents. That will return a comp pick to the Steelers in 2027, but the return is capped at a fifth-round pick due to his 10 accrued seasons as an NFL veteran.<\/p>\n
With a capped compensatory return and an older free agent group, the Steelers could find themselves interested in a reunion after Seumalo tests the market. His age and seven missed games over the last two seasons could keep the cost down and pave the way for another contract in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Isaac Seumalo has been the veteran anchor for the Pittsburgh Steelers\u2019 young offensive line the last three seasons.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":726619,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[15726,9222,7,6600,9314,6,520,57,2360,15727,426],"class_list":["post-786977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-102-5-wdve","tag-dve-morning-show","tag-football","tag-gerry-dulac","tag-isaac-seumalo","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-pittsburghsteelers","tag-randy-baumann","tag-steelers"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116160434423624668","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786977","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=786977"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/786977\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/726619"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=786977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=786977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=786977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}