One of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ most discussed decisions of the offseason this year was their choice not to pick up the fifth-year option on first-round safety Terrell Edmunds’ contract. With that move, it now means that the fourth-year veteran will be an unrestricted free agent come March, free to sign with any other team, should nothing be worked out between the two parties before then.
A year after drafting Edmunds, the Steelers also acquired Minkah Fitzpatrick, the other safety who was drafted in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft, via trade. With the move, they also inherited his fifth-year option, which they chose to exercise, which sets up the scenario we now have, with Edmunds playing out his rookie deal, which he says “of course” means something to him.