Devin Bush is headed back to the AFC North. Bush left Pittsburgh last year to sign with the Seahawks, and after one year on the west coast, Bush is finding his way back east. According to Mary Kay Cabot of Cleveland.com, Bush will return to face his former team twice in 2024 as a member of the Browns. 
The signing came shortly after Bush visited Cleveland yesterday, per ESPN’s Adam Schefter. In the afternoon following the visit, Bush signed a one-year contract to return to the AFC North. Not only is Bush making a return to his former division, but he also makes a personal return to Cleveland, a city in which his father, Devin Bush Sr., played the final two years of his career.
Formerly the 10th overall pick of the 2019 draft out of Michigan, Bush joined the Steelers, who had been searching for a replacement for former linebacker Ryan Shazier after he suffered a serious spinal injury that would eventually end his NFL career. Bush showed promise as a rookie, starting all but one of his 16 game appearances. In that first season, Bush broke the 100-tackle mark for the only time in his career and delivered other statistics in interceptions (2), passes defensed (4), forced fumbles (1), fumble recoveries (4), and tackles for loss (9) that still stand as career highs. He finished third in votes for the 2019 Defensive Rookie of the Year.
In his sophomore season, Bush suffered a torn ACL in a Week 5 matchup against the Browns. While he was able to bounce back and start 14 games in 2021, the Steelers ultimately decided to decline Bush’s fifth-year option, making that fourth season his final year in Pittsburgh. After a similar season the following year, Bush departed for Seattle on a one-year, $3.5MM deal. In Seattle, Bush played a reserve role behind Bobby Wagner and Jordyn Brooks. He made three starts for the Seahawks while only playing 21 percent of the team’s defensive snaps.
In Cleveland, Bush will have an opportunity to compete and return to another starting job. Former Vikings linebacker Jordan Hicks was signed to fill one of the holes created from the departures of Sione Takitaki and Anthony Walker to the Patriots and Dolphins, respectively. Bush should be given a chance to start alongside Hicks and Jeremiah Owusu-Koramoah.
Boy I sure hope he does end up starting for the Browns.
—-Steelers fans
Seriously, his last year as a Steeler was one of the most pathetic year-long exhibitions of apathy I hope to ever see. He studiously avoided contact. I don’t mean he missed tackles, I mean he practically ran the other way. Repeatedly. Most of his stats came from piling in after someone else on defense did the actual hard work.
The ACL tear affected his previous style of play, no doubt. Would have loved to root for him to push through injury and rehab. Would have loved a success story here. But his smug, smart alec answers didn’t endear him to anyone. And given his comments last year, doesn’t appear that he’s changed.
Not being familiar with what you are talking about, are you able to cite examples of his smugness? I’ll bet I’m not the only one unfamiliar with our newest linebacker. For a Steelers fan to have such a negative take on their former players is unusual from my experience, so your view on Bush is interesting to me.
Yeah, he was asked about his lack of performance and whether he thought he’d be back with the Steelers. I’m not google but his comments over the course of his last few weeks here and then via social media when the Steelers were sinking are easy to find.
But I’m sure you know you could find such info if you liked and instead tried to “out a disgruntled fan”
Typical Cleveland fan.
What are you talking about????? I was genuinely asking you for information that I wasn’t even sure what to look for, since I was completely unfamiliar with what you were talking about. I wasn’t trying to “out” anyone, and I’m not sure what you mean about trying to “out a disgruntled fan.” I’m pretty sure you did that with your comments anyway. The “typical Cleveland fan” comment is disappointing to read, since again, I’m not sure what you’re getting at or why you are responding with snark. Congratulations. You have me thoroughly confused as to how my genuine inquiry went wrong. Unlike you, I refuse to minimize your misinterpretation as that of a “typical Steelers fan.” I’m beginning to wonder if what you call Bush’s “smug, smart alec comments” were that at all, or you being similarly being put off for no reason at all.
How he was a top prospect is still mind boggling
Have fun Browns!!