{"id":789651,"date":"2026-03-03T18:55:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/789651\/"},"modified":"2026-03-03T18:55:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-03T18:55:13","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-minkah-fitzpatrick-reunion-on-the-table","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/789651\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers, Minkah Fitzpatrick reunion on the table"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The new NFL league year begins next week, with legal tampering starting on March 9th and free agency beginning March 11th. The Pittsburgh Steelers enter this phase of the offseason with multiple needs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">While quarterback stands above all, safety is near the top of the list of positional essentials for Pittsburgh. As it currently stands, DeShon Elliott and Sebastian Castro are the only two safeties on the roster, but Brooke Pryor of ESPN poses an interesting possibility &#8211; the potential of a reunion with Minkah Fitzpatrick.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">\u201cAnother potential reunion to keep an eye on involves safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, whom the Steelers traded to the Miami Dolphins last year,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/48083716\/pittsburgh-steelers-2026-nfl-free-agency-primer-their-own-potential-targets\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Pryor writes<\/a>. \u201cFitzpatrick is under contract for one more season, but with a new regime, the Dolphins could either trade or release him. The Steelers can\u2019t trade for Fitzpatrick, but he could be an option if he is released. A cerebral player, Fitzpatrick was highly regarded in Pittsburgh by the coaching staff and the locker room, and the Steelers could reunite him with DeShon Elliott, who is expected to return after suffering a season-ending knee injury in Week 8.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The Steelers traded Fitzpatrick to Miami last June in exchange for Jalen Ramsey and Jonnu Smith. Prior to that, he became one of the top safeties in the league with the Steelers, earning three All-Pro nods and five Pro Bowl appearances from 2019-24.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Let us know what you think in the comments. Be sure to bookmark Behind the Steel Curtain for all the latest news, breakdowns, and more!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The new NFL league year begins next week, with legal tampering starting on March 9th and free agency&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":789652,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2055],"tags":[7,6,520,57,6416,2374,2375,12052,2360,426],"class_list":{"0":"post-789651","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-steelers","8":"tag-football","9":"tag-nfl","10":"tag-pittsburgh","11":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers","12":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-commentary","13":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","14":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-roster","15":"tag-pittsburgh-steelers-rumors","16":"tag-pittsburghsteelers","17":"tag-steelers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nfl\/116166769109596800","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789651","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=789651"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/789651\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/789652"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=789651"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=789651"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=789651"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}