Mark Kabaly

He's a former Whippeal star turned Penn Stater, and he has turned into a pretty good safety in the National Football League.

That is Jaquan Brisker.

Back-to-back 100-plus tackle seasons in the Bears' defense, returned from injury in 2025, and had perhaps his most complete season.

Jeremy Fowler, as I said, the team at ESPN, they had him ranked 44th when they released their top 100 free agents.

or top 50 free agents earlier this week.

He's being mocked to the Steelers when the period opens in the middle of March.

He can play over the top if you want to do a cover two.

He can also be a disruptor in the box.

And you look at his tackle for loss numbers, his sack numbers, he has excelled in that aspect of the game for somebody that plays safety.

There is worry about him being a little bit redundant.

to Deshaun Elliott, who is due to return from injury, and I love Deshaun Elliott.

He's been one of my favorite recent Steelers free agent signings.

Love watching the dude play.

But I'm not going to stay away from good football players just because two guys might have similar styles to what they do.

If the Steelers keep Jalen Ramsey, they return Deshaun Elliott from injury, and they sign someone like Brisker,

I will really like the makings of that defensive backfield.

They still have questions at slot and outside corner, but they would have a safety position filled with a really nice trio heading into 2026.

And his projection is between 10 and 11 million bucks.

And I think that would be money well spent.

You might think that's a little bit steep.