You’re about to read two different hypothetical scenarios. These are being posed to you simply as food for thought as the 2019 season is on our doorstep. Pittsburgh Steelers’ Outside Linebacker Bud Dupree is in his fifth-year option season where he’ll earn around $9.2 million. Some feel he hasn’t earned that while others believe this is the year he truly breaks out and confirms the first round status he was given.
Scenario One
It’s mid-February. The 2019 NFL season is over and our beloved Steelers finished the year at (insert your own record here). As the organization begins its prep work for the Combine, much of the talk is over what to do with Bud Dupree.