The Steelers locker room looks different than it did | Forum

Week 17 of the 2018 season and the word this offseason has been that it feels different as well.Wide receiver JuJu Smith-Schuster and others have said that the new feeling is a better one. Right guard David DeCastro added his name to the list of those who feel the team has moved in a better direction.DeCastro said that he feels everyone is now on the same page in Pittsburgh and called it a more “team-oriented” group than the one they had in previous years.“I think things have changed pretty well around here Mason Rudolph Jersey ,” DeCastro said, via ESPN.com. “Just coming back and seeing it, talking to people. I’m excited Ernie Stautner Jersey , I really am, just to play football.”The Steelers still have to show that the new atmosphere produces winning results on the field, but it probably doesn’t hurt that players are happy to be in the building this year. The Steelers got a third-round pick and a fifth-round pick for Antonio Brown. The Giants got a lot more than that for Odell Beckham Jr.The reasons for the differences are obvious. First Joe Haden Jersey , the Steelers made it clear that they wanted to move on from Brown. The Giants, in contrast, insisted that they were keeping him. And the “we’ll keep him” posture often becomes the best leverage in trade talks.Second James Washington Jersey , Antonio Brown embarked on a scorched earth/bleached ‘stache effort to get out of town. Beckham had engaged in no similar campaign to be traded.It adds up to the Browns giving up a lot more to get Beckham (a one, a three, and Jabrill Peppers) than the Raiders gave up to get Brown Stephon Tuitt Jersey , because the Giants were committed to perpetuating the ruse that under no circumstances would they trade him. The Giants played it the right way, and the Steelers simply didn’t.Here’s another wrinkle to consider: Could the Browns have gotten Brown for less than what they gave up to get Beckham? Although the Steelers didn’t want to trade Brown in the division, an offer of simply a first-round pick may have been enough to get the Steelers to change their minds.Regardless Jesse James Jersey , as Brown exists the AFC North, Beckham enters — and the Browns instantly feel like the team to beat in the division.