{"id":199316,"date":"2024-11-09T17:30:20","date_gmt":"2024-11-09T22:30:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/?p=199316"},"modified":"2024-11-09T16:33:01","modified_gmt":"2024-11-09T21:33:01","slug":"ravens-panthers-terrell-edmunds","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/11\/09\/ravens-panthers-terrell-edmunds\/","title":{"rendered":"Ravens, Panthers May Sign Steelers Cut Safety"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Ravens, Panthers may sign Steelers cut safety <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/09\/10\/steelers-secondary-newcomers-shine-in-team-debut\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Terrell Edmunds<\/a> off waivers this season. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.si.com\/nfl\/steelers\/news\/pittsburgh-steelers-release-former-first-round-pick-terrell-edmunds#:~:text=The%20Pittsburgh%20Steelers%20announced%20that,matchup%20against%20the%20Washington%20Commanders.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">According to reports<\/a>, the Steelers are moving on from the veteran after his second stint with the team that didn&#8217;t last a full season. Edmunds was on the Jaguars practice squad before signing on the Pittsburgh 53-man roster. The release makes room for two players, Tyler Matakevich and Ben Skowronek but, surprisingly, they cut Edmunds so he should be back on the practice squad if a team doesn&#8217;t claim him.<\/p>\n<p>However, Edmunds was on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rotowire.com\/football\/headlines\/terrell-edmunds-injury-let-go-by-pittsburgh-585015\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">injury report this week<\/a> so the Steelers didn&#8217;t want to waste any time with that. Originally selected in the first round of the 2018 NFL Draft, the Virginia Tech product was a viable threat in the secondary eventually filling in for Morgan Burnett after successfully earning the first-team reps. In 2019, he remained consistent with the team after recording 105 tackles, two for loss and 3 passes defended. However, his value was decreasing since the Steelers didn&#8217;t want to pick up his fifth-year option in 2021 but stayed in Pittsburgh until 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Edmunds was a journeyman from the Eagles, Titans and Jaguars and now he&#8217;s available on the free-agent market. After totaling 417 tackles, five sacks and five interceptions, he may have some gas in the tank to help for a depth role. He may not be a starter anymore in this league but his veteran presence may be what teams are looking for to build their secondary room.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Steelers?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">#Steelers<\/a> released safety Terrell Edmunds.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tom Pelissero (@TomPelissero) <a  href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TomPelissero\/status\/1855314537911603403?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">November 9, 2024<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h2>Ravens, Panthers May Sign Steelers Cut Safety Terrell Edmunds<\/h2>\n<h3>More Defensive Power<\/h3>\n<p>The Baltimore Ravens have one of the best offenses yet in the last decade after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/sports\/nfl\/2024\/09\/29\/derrick-henry-contract-ravens-titans\/75386175007\/#:~:text=veteran%20running%20back.-,Derrick%20Henry%20contract,compared%20to%20Pollard&#039;s%20%247.25%20million.\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">signing<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2024\/07\/10\/derrick-henry-fantasy-football-2024-outlook-baltimore-ravens-running-back\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Derrick Henry<\/a> this offseason. They finally addressed the wide receiver position since trading for Diontae Johnson to accommodate Nelson Agholor in a depth role. Lamar Jackson may handsomely have solid two-set weapons with Zay Flowers and Rashod, but they still have some retooling to undergo in their secondary game. After a narrow win against the Bengals, the Ravens allowed Joe Burrow to score 34 points accumulating 428 yards and four touchdowns.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2023\/08\/09\/kyle-hamilton-baltimore-ravens-versatility-defense\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Kyle Hamilton<\/a> is still their top dependable option but someone like Edmunds could be a temporary veteran solution to give some relief. Edmunds doesn&#8217;t need to be full-time but Marcus Williams hasn&#8217;t been consistent this year and Eddie Jackson is more of a rotational piece. Perhaps, he could be a financial rental help for the entire Ravens secondary to give Hamilton time to recover from his injury. With <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/03\/20\/cameron-sutton-signs-two-year-deal-with-pittsburgh-steelers\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Cameron Sutton<\/a> returning to the lineup in Pittsburgh, Edmunds could benefit from playing for a roster like the Ravens who have all the right pieces to lead them to a ring before he retires.<\/p>\n<h3>Building for the Future<\/h3>\n<p>The Carolina Panthers 2024 season may be over but it doesn&#8217;t mean they can&#8217;t start building for the next several years. They were hoping to be a competitive team this year but the offense has been faltering since<a href=\"https:\/\/www.espn.com\/nfl\/story\/_\/id\/41288868\/sources-andy-dalton-replacing-bryce-young-panthers-qb\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> benching Bryce Young in favor of bridge quarterback Andy Dalton<\/a>. Dave Canales didn&#8217;t do much to bring help to the secondary room other than signing a few practice squad reserves. This wasn&#8217;t efficient in helping <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/03\/26\/2021-nfl-draft-profile-jaycee-horn\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Jaycee Horn<\/a> have a successful year on the field alongside <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/2021\/03\/27\/xavier-woods-signs-contract\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_self\">Xavier Woods<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Panthers won&#8217;t lose anything if they decide to bank on someone like Edmunds for a temporary role. He&#8217;ll probably need to earn a new contract but he would easily be a starter alongside Woods if he can wipe off the 2019 dust.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To make room on their 53-man roster, the Steelers released veteran Terrell Edmunds and Ravens, Panthers may be best fits. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4795,"featured_media":199321,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[36,10,30,13,21,9,11],"tags":[1778,7489,8560,2274,7661,7638,3934],"class_list":["post-199316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nfl-news","category-ravens","category-panthers","category-jaguars","category-eagles","category-steelers","category-titans","tag-cameron-sutton","tag-jaycee-horn","tag-kyle-hamilton","tag-marcus-williams","tag-panthers-featured","tag-ravens-featured","tag-terrell-edmunds"],"modified_by":"Anthony Palacios","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4795"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=199316"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/199316\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/199321"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=199316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=199316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/nfl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=199316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}