The Pittsburgh Steelers are being celebrated over the past week after completing a new four-year contract extension with Minkah Fitzpatrick, who over the past three seasons has established himself as one of the best safeties in the NFL. While there is room for debate, he is the highest-paid safety, either way.
But the reaction to their originally acquiring him via trade—more particularly, the timing—met a very different reaction. The Steelers very uncharacteristically traded a first-round pick for him, which many saw as a high value, but they also did it just after losing Ben Roethlisberger for the season.