{"id":692098,"date":"2026-06-08T19:10:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692098\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T19:10:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T19:10:09","slug":"this-is-great-to-hear-former-steeler-encouraged-by-what-jalen-ramsey-just-said","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/692098\/","title":{"rendered":"‘This Is Great To Hear:’ Former Steeler Encouraged By What Jalen Ramsey Just Said"},"content":{"rendered":"

Just as Aaron Rodgers could find more traction even while another year older, Jalen Ramsey might do the same defensively. In his second year with the Steelers and finding more comfort in his role, Pittsburgh\u2019s new coaching staff that is led defensively by coordinator Patrick Graham could bring the best out in everyone.<\/p>\n

Joe Haden likes what he hears.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think this is a great sign\u2026I think when he\u2019s saying that to his coach, he\u2019s being able to say, I\u2019m a DB, obviously, I know exactly what\u2019s going on there,’\u201d Haden said of Ramsey\u2019s recent comments about Graham on Monday\u2019s episode of Deebo and Joe. <\/a>\u201cSo now when I\u2019m talking to my coordinator, we\u2019re coordinating how everything works together.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we\u2019re speaking the same language, we\u2019re talking to the linebackers, we\u2019re talking about how the defensive line sees it. We\u2019re all on the same page.\u201d<\/p>\n

Haden\u2019s referring to what Ramsey said last week about Graham and their first interactions together.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think he\u2019s cool,\u201d Ramsey told reporters via a team-issued transcript. \u201cJust the conversations we have, we\u2019re able to talk ball at any given time about anything, different positions, he can talk it all. He can talk about the d-line, the linebacker, the secondary. He\u2019s been impressive to me so far.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ramsey hardly said anything groundbreaking, but his comments are still worth dissecting. Graham is an experienced coordinator with a diverse background. A defensive lineman in college, he cut his teeth in the NFL coaching linebackers and coordinated three different teams<\/a> before arriving in Pittsburgh this offseason. Known for his scheme versatility, his focus is on adapting to the strengths of his personnel. He\u2019ll preserve Pittsburgh\u2019s base 3-4 with more changes felt in the secondary than up front.<\/p>\n

Traded for to be a shutdown corner last June, Jalen Ramsey finished the year mostly playing safety. Under Graham, he could have a multi-faceted role and has already earned comparisons to Charles Woodson from the coaching staff. Woodson had career years in his 30s, intercepting seven passes at age 32, nine at age 33, and seven at age 35. Ramsey ended last year with a lone interception in Week 2, his lowest output since 2020.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m happy for Jalen. I think this could be a very, very breakout year for him,\u201d Haden said.<\/p>\n

Harrison and Haden praised Graham for getting the defense on the same page, a recurring issue that plagued past units. It all sounds good in the spring and Graham appears to be a quality hire.<\/p>\n

The true test of Graham\u2019s tenure will start when the regular season kicks off. If all goes according to plan, Jalen Ramsey and the defense could turn back the clock and become a strong unit once again.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Just as Aaron Rodgers could find more traction even while another year older, Jalen Ramsey might do the…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":692099,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[63],"tags":[1324,106663,299376,349,1321,99,3795],"class_list":["post-692098","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-nfl","tag-jalen-ramsey","tag-james-harrison","tag-joe-haden","tag-nfl","tag-pittsburgh-steelers","tag-sports","tag-trending"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692098","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=692098"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/692098\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/692099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=692098"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=692098"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=692098"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}