{"id":136959,"date":"2026-03-13T02:18:15","date_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:18:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/136959\/"},"modified":"2026-03-13T02:18:15","modified_gmt":"2026-03-13T02:18:15","slug":"pittsburgh-adds-ex-bears-safety-on-5-5-million-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/136959\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh adds ex-Bears safety on $5.5 million contract"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Steelers found a way<\/a> to improve the secondary on Thursday after signing a former Chicago Bears safety during free agency. It’s a move that comes at a team-friendly deal, making it an intriguing signing for the franchise.<\/p>\n

Reports indicate that the Steelers are signing Jaquon Brisker to a one-year, $5.5 million contract<\/a>, according to Ian Rapoport and Mark Garofolo of the NFL Network. Brisker should have a chance to earn a starting role in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe Steelers are signing former Bears S Jaquan Brisker<\/a> to a 1-year, $5.5M deal, per [Ian Rapoport] and Mike Garafolo in a deal done by Andre Odem and AJ Stevens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Brisker just finished his fourth season in the NFL. After playing as the starter for the Bears since 2022, the soon-to-be 27-year-old safety finds a new home in Pittsburgh. He’s played in at least 15 games in three of his four years in the league and has been a consistent option in the secondary throughout most of his career.<\/p>\n

Jaquan Brisker ended the 2025-26 campaign<\/a> with 93 combined tackles (52 solo), one sack, eight pass deflections, and one interception. He will join the Steelers and have a chance to play alongside DeShon Elliott and Jalen Ramsey. However, there is a chance Brisker lines up at cornerback, as he is a versatile defender.<\/p>\n

Signing a one-year contract worth $5.5 million seems to be a prov-it deal for Brisker. At the very least, he signs with a Steelers organization that is historically known for having a great defense. So, that bodes well for his chances of success for next season.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Pittsburgh Steelers found a way to improve the secondary on Thursday after signing a former Chicago Bears…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":136960,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[63046,1418,61929,73,75,74,1833],"class_list":["post-136959","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-jaquan-brisker","tag-nfl","tag-nfl-free-agency","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136959","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=136959"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/136959\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/136960"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=136959"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=136959"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=136959"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}