{"id":161004,"date":"2026-04-09T01:47:21","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/161004\/"},"modified":"2026-04-09T01:47:21","modified_gmt":"2026-04-09T01:47:21","slug":"pittsburgh-steelers-were-reportedly-shocked-at-price-for-former-bears-safety","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/161004\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Steelers were reportedly ‘shocked’ at price for former Bears safety"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Chicago Bears<\/a> had to make some tough decisions this offseason, facing a tough cap situation. With four members of their safety position being free agents, the Bears only re-signed one of those players.<\/p>\n

That was Elijah Hicks.<\/p>\n

Chicago said goodbye to Jonathan Owens, Kevin Byard and Jaquan Brisker. While Owens and Byard were previous free-agent signings, Brisker was a player that was a part of Ryan Poles\u2019 first draft class. It was pretty much expected Chicago was going to move on due to the injury history that Brisker had. But seeing the price he went for, it was a little surprising the Bears didn\u2019t try to bring him back at that price.<\/p>\n

It sounds like the Pittsburgh Steelers, who signed Brisker, were shocked as well.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Steelers reportedly \u2018shocked\u2019 at Jaquan Brisker\u2019s price
\n\"Chicago\"ChicagoChicago Bears safety Jaquan Brisker (9) celebrates a defensive stop against the Los Angeles Rams during the second half at Soldier Field. Mandatory Credit: David Banks-Imagn Images<\/p>\n

When free agency began, the Steelers were connected to Brisker right away. He opted to return back home where he\u2019s from and played his college football at Penn State, signing a one year deal at $5.5 million. But per one beat writer, the price was surprisingly cheap.<\/p>\n

Mark Kaboly noted that on a recent episode of the \u201cKaboly and Mack Podcast\u201d. Here is what he had to say about Brisker and the price the Steelers signed him at:<\/p>\n

\u201cSafeties are strange, especially in free agency. You\u2019ve got a handful of top-level ones, and then even the ones that are not much worse or are in that second tier get paid a whole hell of a lot less,\u201d Kaboly said on the Kaboly+Mack podcas<\/a>t. \u201cLike the Jaquan Briskers, who the Steelers were just shocked that they were able to get him for $5.5 million. There\u2019s no way that they thought \u2014 I know that they didn\u2019t think that they\u2019d get him for $5.5 million.\u201d<\/p>\n

After the Bears took Brisker in the second round of the 2022 NFL Draft, he started in all 52 games he appeared in. However, he has dealt with more than one concussion over the past few seasons. That has cost him to miss games over that time.<\/p>\n

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