No news on an Antonio Brown trade yet, but the Pittsburgh Steelers are making other moves. The Steelers are re-signing guard Ramon Foster to a new two-year deal through the 2020 season, according to Adam Schefter of ESPN.
For a while earlier today, there was speculation that Foster's time in Pittsburgh might be coming to an end. The Steelers tendered his backup B.J. Finney at the second round level, leading many to believe they were planning on having him replace Foster. The Steelers put all that talk to rest just hours later by re-upping Foster.
Foster is one of the longest tenured Steelers on the roster, and has been with the team since 2009. A Tennessee alum, Foster went undrafted in 2009 and was scooped up by the Steelers. He's had a very nice career, and blossomed into a reliable starter. He's been durable, starting at least 14 games in every season since he became a full-time starter in 2011.
No terms of the deal were immediately available, but we should have those soon. His last deal paid him around $3 million per season, and he probably got a raise on that. Foster is 33 now and probably doesn't have too many great years ahead of him, so it's definitely possible this contract is his last.
He did receive good grades from Pro Football Focus this past year, with PFF ranking him the 16th-best guard in the league. He was the second member of the Steelers' talented offensive line to get locked up today, as Pittsburgh also agreed to terms on a new contract for center Mike Pouncey.
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