Pittsburgh Steelers 2024 free agency: Russell Wilson, Patrick Queen to sign deals with team

Pittsburgh, PA (KDKA) — The Pittsburgh Steelers are expected to make at least two headline acquisitions now that NFL

free agency has begun. Both linebacker Patrick Queen and quarterback Russell

Wilson are anticipated to sign official contracts

with the Steelers. What other

acquisitions or deals the team might make are unknown. The 2024 free

agency signing window opened on Wednesday at 4 p.m.

A new QB1 in the Steel City?

With Russell Wilson poised to become a member of the Pittsburgh Steelers, many are wondering whether the 35-year-old

veteran will be the frontrunner for the starting quarterback job or if there will

be a training camp competition between him and Kenny Pickett.

After being cut by the Broncos late on

Wednesday, Wilson apparently became a

free agent, according to reports from ESPN’s Adam Schefter on the social networking site X, which was once

known as Twitter. It is anticipated that he will sign a one-year contract with the

Steelers for the veteran minimum of $1.2 million. After his contract with the team

is confirmed, he is anticipated to wear No. 3 here in Pittsburgh.

After being transferred from Seattle to the Mile

High City less than two years ago, Wilson signed a hefty $245 million

contract, of which the Denver Broncos will be paying the remaining $39 million

in salary. Wilson had an 11-9 record as a starter in his two years with Denver.

Changing sides in the AFC North

Patrick Queen is making a jump that you don’t see too often, and that’s one from

purple and black to black and gold. The 24-year-old linebacker is expected to sign a three-year deal with the Steelers.

Selected 28th overall in the 2020 NFL Draft,

Queen has been a tackling

machine in his four years with the Ravens, averaging a combined 113 tackles per season.

Queen’s deal with the Steelers is expected to be for $41 million over three years.

 

When the news of Queen’s signing with the Steelers broke on Tuesday, it struck a nerve deep in the heart of Ravens

defensive back Marlon Humphrey, who said that

the signing “actually hurts.”

On Wednesday, Queen said goodbye to Ravens fans and the city in a post on the

social media platform X, formerly known as Twitter.

“While my journey has led me elsewhere, thank you for supporting me

over the last 4 years,” he partially added. Inside

linebacker Queen will join an

already formidable defense that currently has safety Minkah Fitzpatrick,

outside linebackers T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith, and others.

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