Why Steelers Giving Broderick Jones 5th Year Option Would Help NFL Draft Plan, Ongoing Rebuild

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🗓️ 17 February 2026

⏱️ 43 minutes

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The Pittsburgh Steelers have a decision to make on Broderick Jones' fifth-year option this offseason. Christopher Carter and Alan Saunders discuss why it's a good idea to give Jones the option.

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0:00.0	Hey, everyone, Chris Carter here on the Locked-on Steelers podcast.
0:06.1	We got Alan Saunders on today, and I want to talk to Alan about the question about Broderick Jones' fifth-year option because it's bigger than just about paying him.
0:13.4	How does this impact the Steelers' draft plans both this year and moving forward?
0:17.4	We'll talk about that and how the Steelers have one of the best young nuclei in the NFL and their final stars and souls grades for the offensive line.
0:25.2	All here on today's episode of the Lockdown Steelers podcast.
0:27.7	Let's get into it.
0:34.4	You are Locked on Steelers.
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0:48.8	Hello and welcome to the Locked on Steelers podcast.
0:51.5	I'm your host, Chris Carter, big a you your daily dose of all things on the Pittsburgh Steelers.
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1:11.0	podcast network in the world that is the Locked on podcast network. As I said before, we're joined
1:15.6	by then himself, Alan Sonders from SteelersNow.com. Alan, I want to talk to you about a pending
1:23.6	decision the Steelers have to make by May 1st of 2026, and that is what to do with Broderick
1:30.3	Jones's fifth year option, because as a first round pick from 2023, that time is coming.
1:35.8	If the Steelers were to decide to give him the fifth year option, it would give him a fully guaranteed
1:40.9	27 season of a salary of anywhere from 20.3 to 20.5 million, which would
1:48.1	be a lot of money to throw his way. And of course, Bart Jones hasn't exactly played 20.20 million
1:55.7	a year level at offensive tackle just yet in his time with the Steelers. Maybe he will, and he was drafted
2:03.3	knowingly that he was raw and that he was going to take time to develop, and this was his first
2:08.7	year at left tackle. But as it stands right now, Island Saunders, can the Steelers afford to give him
2:14.7	this fifth year option with the way that he's played and if not does that
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