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Brian Batko's Steelers chat: 08.08.25
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Brian Batko
10:51
Not good, to be quite honest with you. They're no longer using him on the D-line and he looks too bulky to me to be an effective OLB. If anyone needs a change of scenery, it's probably the 2022 third-round pick.
Dr Fun
10:52
Hi Brian and thanks for your reporting.By this time next year Washington will be a OT regardless of how this years tackles do. Guys this size who move this well are at a premium .what say you?
Brian Batko
10:53
You're welcome. I don't know about this time next year but I legitimately think he has a chance to try that out as a second act in his NFL career. That doesn't mean there won't be a learning curve, even a steep one, when it comes to the finer points of playing that position. But he's so massive and his knees/long-term mobility such a concern that it's absolutely worth a shot at some point.
Vinny P.
10:53
Good morning Brian.  There was a lot of talk about Sebastian Castro having a good chance of making the team.  Lately, I haven’t heard much about him  What are you hearing?  Thanks.
Brian Batko
10:55
Really like Sebastian Castro and he flashed with a fantastic one-handed interception Sunday but I just don't think he has enough athleticism to cut it at this level. His best-case scenario might be finding a Miles Killebrew role somewhere as a backup safety and special teams ace. Perhaps it can still be here if he sticks around on the practice squad. I just don't see it working out for him on the 53 this year.
JPinPDX
10:55
Good morning Bats. Will these mid-contact hold-ins never end?
Brian Batko
10:55
No
RJ
10:56
Cam and Boz are both good players but both examples of what is a problem in today’s sports landscape. Excessive greed. Just because they had good seasons should not preclude honoring their current contracts. Cam just signed a huge contract last season. Why pull this stunt?? Greed plain and simple.
Brian Batko
10:58
It wasn't really a "huge contract" though, RJ. It was one that was good enough for both sides for a 35-year-old D-lineman coming off an injury-plagued down year in 2023. The Steelers gave him something of a vote of confidence at a time when some were calling for Heyward to actually take a pay cut, but they left themselves an out. I understand where he's coming from.
Ryan
10:58
Brian with the pre season starting tomorrow who will you be watching i would a eye on all the draft picks and the undrafted free agents and Roman Wilson Go Steelers
Brian Batko
10:59
Yeah that about covers it, plus Broderick Jones and Troy Fautanu.
Saint Mick
10:59
Cam and now I'm hearing Boz.  My lament here is not that he and Boz are seeking to get a little something, but that they were trying to do it respectfully and quietly for the good of the team, and now both sides have been Sheftied.  Can we just get a break from drama for one season??
Brian Batko
10:59
I thought we were getting that when the TJ Watt deal got done early, but now not so much
Your Name
10:59
Why should the Steelers give Cam anything? He didn't have to sign the extension last year, if he didn't he could have been a free agent and named his price. Tough luck Cam, but no sympathy from me. Plus, cap rolls over and any dollar spent on Cam is a dollar they can't spend on someone else.
Brian Batko
11:01
Well if he wouldn't have signed the extension, people  would've been crushing him for that at the time, too. So I don't really get down with that logic or that argument. But I hear you on that last part. It's not about fans being tight with Art Rooney II's money. In a salary cap league, it's about wanting to get good value to make the team as efficiently built as it can possibly be. I don't really begrudge anyone that, but you also can't expect every guy to be cool with hometown discounts for the good of the team.
Roberto in AZ
11:02
Brian - any thought given to word limit the questions?
Brian Batko
11:02
I'll think about it.
11:03
But one thing we do have is a time limit and I'm clocking out at the one-hour mark, per usual. Gotta get on with my day. Thanks for joining for a rare, possibly unprecedented (for me), Friday chat. Enjoy the game tomorrow night as much as one possibly can for preseason action.
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