{"id":257992,"date":"2026-08-02T23:46:08","date_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:46:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/257992\/"},"modified":"2026-08-02T23:46:08","modified_gmt":"2026-08-02T23:46:08","slug":"steelers-jaquan-brisker-already-loving-new-defense-in-pittsburgh","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/257992\/","title":{"rendered":"Steelers\u2019 Jaquan Brisker already loving new defense in Pittsburgh"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">When the Pittsburgh Steelers signed safety Jaquan Brisker in the offseason, it was met with understandable excitement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Penn State product has become one of the game\u2019s most versatile safeties over his first four years in the NFL, posting four interceptions and eight sacks from 2022-25. Now in Pittsburgh, he will be one of the multiple new stars helping a very deep secondary in a new-look defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Speaking to the media after Saturday\u2019s practice, Brisker raved about new Steelers defensive coordinator Patrick Graham and the different looks the unit will throw at opposing offenses.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cI love this defense,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.steelers.com\/video\/watch-brisker-media-availability-aug-1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Brisker said<\/a>. [Graham] is so smart, and the coaches complement him. It\u2019s a great coaching staff. He\u2019s giving us the keys\u2026 he gives us the ability to play how we want.\u201c<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Brisker will have a new running mate when the Steelers take the field on Monday, as safety Rayshawn Jenkins was added to the roster. Even without the services of Jalen Ramsey and Joey Porter Jr. throughout the first week of training camp, Pittsburgh\u2019s defense has looked cohesive in team drills, with Asante Samuel Jr\u2019s play being especially notable. Brisker had his best day of practice on Saturday, blowing up a jet sweep to Roman Wilson for what would have been a two-yard loss in-game.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The Steelers will play their first preseason game on Thursday, August 11 when they host the Green Bay Packers.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">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":"When the Pittsburgh Steelers signed safety Jaquan Brisker in the offseason, it was met with understandable excitement. The&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":257993,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[73,75,74,4853,108464],"class_list":["post-257992","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh","tag-pittsburgh-headlines","tag-pittsburgh-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-news","tag-pittsburgh-steelers-training-camp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257992","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=257992"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/257992\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/257993"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=257992"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=257992"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-pa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=257992"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}