Even though the Pittsburgh Steelers return both starting safeties from the past three seasons, there were times during the offseason that it looked as though that might not happen. While Minkah Fitzpatrick is gearing up to become perhaps the highest-paid safety in the history of the game, fellow starter Terrell Edmunds bided his time in free agency before returning on a one-year deal to set himself up for free agency again next year.
The Steelers did, however, explore their options as alternatives during that time, and they even eventually signed one of them, inking sixth-year veteran Damontae Kazee to a one-year contract shortly after the 2022 NFL Draft.