The Tuesday afternoon news that the Miami Dolphins were releasing veteran linebacker Jerome Baker was rather surprising, but that move might have just created a real opportunity for the Pittsburgh Steelers to find a true answer to a pressing question that they haven’t quite been able to answer in recent seasons.
Baker, who would have entered the second season of a three-year, $37.5 million extension with the Dolphins, suffered a wrist injury in Week 18 that required season-ending surgery. Currently, he is rehabbing from the injury, but the Dolphins reported in Tuesday’s official transaction log that Baker was released due to a failed physical, which raises questions.