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Harris isn’t the only reporter who believes that the Cowboys are still on the hunt for new defenders. In a report from earlier today, ESPN’s Todd Archer mentions Brooks and Al-Shaair as well, while also bringing up Steelers LB Patrick Queen as a possibility. Harris disagrees on the latter player, saying on social media that the Cowboys have “pivoted off Queen,” though he believes the inside linebacker position “gets addressed in the trade market.” In a mock draft published today, Harris links LSU CB Mansoor Delane to the Cowboys at pick No. 12 and Clemson EDGE T.J. Parker at pick No. 20. Brooks totaled 125 solo tackles and 19 TFLs. Al-Shaair totaled 74 solo tackles and five TFLs. Stay tuned.

The Cowboys and Eagles are among them, with Harris saying that Dallas’ free agency board at linebacker was “wiped out” by yesterday’s events. It’s possible the Steelers could get a high Day 3 pick for the stalwart linebacker.

Steelers LB Patrick Queen (glute) will also play. Watt took the day off on Wednesday before practicing fully thereafter. Queen did the same to begin the week but only managed limited sessions on Thursday and Friday. Watt has generated 39 quarterback pressures and eight sacks, while Queen has racked up 58 tackles. Having both players active is helpful.

Patrick Queen (glute) was able to get in a limited session. It sounds like things are moving in the right direction for Pittsburgh’s front seven ahead of Sunday’s must-win showdown with the Ravens. Watt could be cleared off the injury report entirely tomorrow, while Queen probably has a slim chance of that and should at least make the questionable line.

Watt limped off the field in the fourth quarter of the Steelers’ Week 13 loss to the Bills. He was checked out by trainers and did not return. A DNP today puts him at risk of missing Week 14. Patrick Queen, who suffered a glute injury versus Buffalo, was also held out of Wednesday’s practice. It looks like a Pittsburgh defense that was already underperforming this year could be down multiple starters versus the Ravens this week.

It’s quite a shift from the hip injury this was initially classified as, but Queen is undergoing further tests to determine the specifics of his injury. According to Rapoport, the Steelers hope Queen’s injury isn’t something long-term, but it sounds like he could be sidelined for at least one game. Queen and the Steelers have a pivotal Week 14 matchup against the Ravens on tap as they battle for supremacy in the down bad AFC North. If he’s unable to go, Malik Harrison would be the next man up on the depth chart.

One play after Patrick Queen sparked a near-brawl in the second quarter with a questionable hit on Josh Allen, the linebacker went down after a carry by James Cook. He limped off the field and into the blue medical tent before going back into the locker room.

Queen heads to the Ravens’ biggest rival in the Steelers after a breakout campaign where he tallied 133 tackles, 3.5 sacks and made the Pro Bowl. The deal is worth $41 million and fills a need in the middle of the defense for the Steelers. Queen now gets a chance to lead a defense as he played alongside Roquan Smith for the past two seasons.

“The fifth-year option was something that was more based on business and the salary-cap economics than actually Patrick Queen and his performance and what he does as a player,” DeCosta added. Queen certainly played well last year, but he enters into a walk offseason and the Ravens may not be inclined to offer him a big enough contract to keep him from testing the market if the fifth-year option was too much of an investment. They’ll have a few months to make that stated goal a reality before the 2023 season starts.

Just one day after The Athletic’s Jeff Zrebiec said Queen could be “a potential trade candidate”, the Ravens further stoked those rumors by declining his fifth-year option. The selection of Clemson linebacker Trenton Simpson with the 86th overall pick, combined with the extension of Roquan Smith has made Queen somewhat expendable heading into 2023. Queen hasn’t fully lived up to the expectations that made him the 28th overall pick in the 2020 NFL Draft, but put together his best year as a professional in 2022. He’ll enter 2023 on a prove-it year, in hopes of earning a long-term extension next offseason.