We haven’t heard much about Trai Turner lately, but he told SiriusXM (Twitter link) that he’ll “make a splash sooner [rather] than later.” Meanwhile, the free agent says that he’s now fully healthy following a year of maladies. 
“Last year was a rough season for me with injuries and just [COVID-19] overall. You go through things and situations arise, but you work through it and you get through it,” Turner said. “So, I’m feeling good. I’m just ready to come back and have a phenomenal season.”
Turner met with the Steelers recently, his only known visit of the offseason. The five-time Pro Bowler has been on the market since March, when the Bolts released him to save ~$11MM against the salary cap. Now, he stands as one of the very best free agents on the board.
Turner, 28, mounted a Pro Bowl streak from 2015-19. But, last year, he was limited to just to nine games. All in all, the former Panthers third-round pick has 89 career starts to his credit. He may be a good fit for the Steelers, though there are other teams with more dire needs at guard. As it stands, those spots are manned by All-Pro David DeCastro and promising youngster Kevin Dotson.
Looks like he’s ready to eat 10 pizzas!
With all the questions surrounding david decastro, Steelers were smart looking into him, and would be smarter if signed, even if Dcastro is back, I think Turner has the ability to at least play RT worst case for Pittsburgh.
What is with decastro? I had no clue about anything until yesterday. I saw someone saying cut him and sign turner and Moses, if the jets deal doesn’t work out. Idk if that’s even possible with the cap situation. But the Steelers need their line to be way better than last year. Decastro needs to anchor that line.
Rumors of him retiring.
Ohh he absolutely would, but about decastro… he has not participated in any OTAS, despite being present and when Tomlin was asked about it, here was his response.
“If I thought injury circumstances or reasons why people were not participating were significant,” Tomlin stated, “I would share them with you, but I’m not going to address day-to-day like things in this environment. It’s not required.”
After that was said before turner had a visit, and there is also belief that he just doesn’t have the same fire and passion for the game, and he was contemplating retiring, not to mention his car buddy big Al is gone, Pounce retired, he probably feels like he’s slowly getting pushed out by the younger guys, when he is right he is one of the best OG in the NFL.
Alot of teams could use Turner. If he’s healthy, there SHOULD BE several contenders knocking on his door. I’m curious if he might possibly be wanting too much money right now, or if he just wanted to skip OTAs and part of training camp being a vet and whatnot.
Is there any information about what kind of deal Turner is wanting??
Looks like he’s ready to party