Steelers release veteran pass rusher in cost-cutting move months after acquiring him from Packers

the Pittsburgh Stelors Preparations for the 2025 Free Agency season. This process included issuing a previous choice from the second round that Stelors gained before the deadline last year.

Pittsburgh Release Veteran Preston SmithAnd it is a step that would liberate $ 12 million in the maximum area (H/T The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette).

Smith spent eight games with Stelors after he was acquired by Pittsburg Via trade with Bakrz In exchange for choosing the seventh round 2025, the deal fell shortly after Smith’s request for a trade relied on his desire to play for a 3-4 defense team.

“This is what I was playing in the last nine years of my career,” Smith said shortly after his circulation. Via Pittsburgh Tribune-free. “Just a return to the system is like riding your favorite bike again.”

Although it seems suitable on paper, Smith had no significant effect during his presence with Stelors. He had only two bags in eight games and was a healthy scratching to lose the wild card in Petsburg to Crows.

By launching now, Stelors Smith gave an early start in a free agency, which officially begins on March 12. Smith, 32, must have a decent market despite the decline in production last year. He had eight bags in 2023 and introduced 41.5 bags from 2019-23, which included 12 bags in 2019.

Choosing the second round of 2015, Smith 70.5 job agents is the fourteenth by any active player. He spent his first four seasons in Washington before spending the next six seasons with Bakars, raising 44 bags.

While Smith will start searching for a new team, Stelors will now try to find an alternative. Pittsburgh has three quarters of its passes already with beginners TJ Wattand Alex Heissith And backup copies Nick HerbigWho had 5.5 bags last season.