{"id":191150,"date":"2026-04-09T18:08:23","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191150\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T18:08:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T18:08:23","slug":"dont-think-theyre-gonna-bring-patrick-queen-back-beat-writer-sees-2026-as-lbs-final-season-with-steelers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/191150\/","title":{"rendered":"‘Don’t Think They’re Gonna Bring Patrick Queen Back’: Beat Writer Sees 2026 As LB’s Final Season With Steelers"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers made a splash a few years ago when they signed Patrick Queen. He had just spent four seasons with the rival Baltimore Ravens, and he was coming off his best year yet. Queen looked like one of the most promising young linebackers in the league, but unfortunately, he hasn\u2019t hit those same highs<\/a> with the Steelers. Now, he\u2019s going into the last year of his deal, and the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette\u2019s Ray Fittipaldo doubts that the Steelers will re-sign him.<\/p>\n

\u201cAt some point, they are gonna have to get an insider linebacker,\u201d Fittipaldo said recently on the Armstrong Neighborhood Channel on YouTube.<\/a> \u201cIf they don\u2019t get one this year high, I think they\u2019re gonna have to attack that next year because I don\u2019t think they\u2019re gonna bring Patrick Queen back for a second contract.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think they\u2019re paying him $16 million a year, you want a little more bang for your buck in free agency. I think he\u2019s been a decent player, but for that kind of money, probably not what they were looking for.\u201d<\/p>\n

Fine is the best way to describe Queen\u2019s two seasons in Pittsburgh. While he made the Pro Bowl in 2024, he still did not quite live up to his price tag. Queen\u2019s play has mostly been a mixed bag with the Steelers.<\/p>\n

However, that might not be all his fault. Injuries have held Queen back, with the linebacker recently revealing that he was banged up<\/a> for all of last season. Despite that, he hasn\u2019t missed a single game with the Steelers, and he deserves some credit for that.<\/p>\n

Also, the Steelers\u2019 defensive scheme hasn\u2019t been at its best in recent years. There were a lot of questions surrounding Teryl Austin, especially last season. Now, with Patrick Graham as Pittsburgh\u2019s defensive coordinator, there\u2019s a chance that Queen could thrive more. Graham has been successful with little talent in the past. Perhaps he can help unlock Queen\u2019s potential.<\/p>\n

Queen will only be 27 this season, so he\u2019s still young and could improve. Still, if he does have a better year, then he\u2019ll likely want another big pay day. The Steelers might not want to give that to him after two of middling seasons.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s also important to note that the team has reportedly had trade talks involving Queen this offseason. While much of that noise has quieted down, Queen isn\u2019t guaranteed to spend this season<\/a> with the Steelers. And there\u2019s a lot pointing toward Queen\u2019s time in Pittsburgh coming to an end sooner rather than later.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers made a splash a few years ago when they signed Patrick Queen. He had just…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49706,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[76521,9,24,63,126,127,122,124,123,66059],"class_list":["post-191150","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-armstrong-neighborhood","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-patrick-queen","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news","tag-ray-fittipaldo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=191150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/191150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49706"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=191150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=191150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=191150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}