This past Thursday, S Minkah Fitzpatrick addressed the media in a team press conference after agreeing to a four-year contract extension with a new money average of $18.4 million per year. $36 million of that is guaranteed at signing, per the report, making him the highest-paid safety in the NFL history. No one saw the deal being done with Minkah being a shock, as it was fully expected that the two sides would come to an agreement prior to the start of the regular season that would likely make Minkah the highest-paid safety in NFL history.
What did come as a bit of a surprise was the timing of the contract extension, getting the deal done on June 15, over a month before the Steelers would report to Latrobe for training camp.