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Pittsburgh Steelers safety Jaquan Brisker revealed in a conversation with Aaron Donald in Los Angeles that the Steelers’ defensive system fits him a lot better compared to the Chicago Bears.
“I’m gonna make sure I earn my weekends,” Brisker said via 2Tenths Speed & Agility on X. “Just trying to find my any way I can keep going. When they put me in position, you see what I did in the playoffs. It’s right here. And I feel like this system fits me a lot better, so it’s gonna be smoother.”
Brisker, 27, spent the first four seasons of his NFL career with the Bears, starting all 52 games he played for them. He racked up four interceptions and 342 total tackles during that span.
After his time at Gateway, Brisker starred collegiately at Lackawanna and Penn State before being selected in the second round (No. 48 overall) of the 2022 NFL Draft.
Over the last four years in the league, he has recorded 342 tackles, seven sacks, four forced fumbles, two fumble recoveries, 21 passes defensed and four interceptions.
Brisker did that all while displaying his versatility, playing almost the same amount of snaps at free safety (1,270) as he did in the box (1,290), according to Pro Football Focus.
Brisker joins a Steelers safety room that includes DeShon Elliott, Jalen Ramsey, Sebastian Castro and Darnell Savage.
However, Brisker is now expected to spend most of his time at free safety, with DeShon Elliot starting on the strong side — an opportunity he is more than ready for.
“Yeah, I am very excited,” Brisker said at OTAs. “I mean, we got a lot of different things, a lot of different personnel and things like that, and just not showing what we’re going to do. Having a little disguise to it or sometimes we’ll just be in it, but it’s been giving us a lot of flexibility.”
Along with soaking up knowledge, he also got some work in with three-time NFL Defensive Player of the Year Aaron Donald.
This article originally appeared on Steelers Now: Jaquan Brisker Opens Up on Why He Feels at Home with Steelers
