Former Washington Football Team safety Sean Davis rejoins Steelers
After a brief stint with the Washington Football Team, safety Sean Davis is rejoining the Pittsburgh Steelers.
One of the biggest acquisitions that the Washington Football Team made during the 2020 offseason was the signing of safety Sean Davis. The four-year veteran was expected to occupy the starting spot across from Landon Collins in the team’s secondary, and his skills in coverage were expected to pair well with Collins.
However, Davis wasn’t the one to emerge in that role. Instead, it ended up being Troy Apke. The former fourth-round pick enjoyed a great offseason, emerged with the starting job, and earned the trust of Washington’s coaching staff.
Because of this, Washington elected to release Davis in what was a vote of confidence for Apke. Davis wasn’t expected to stay unemployed long, and he didn’t.
According to ESPN’s Adam Schefter, Davis was available for less than 24 hours after being cut by Washington. The Pittsburgh Steelers brought him back to add more depth to their safety room.
Former Steelers' S Sean Davis, whom left Pittsburgh to get a $2 million bonus from Washington only to be released this weekend, is re-signing with Pittsburgh, per @RosenhausSports.
— Adam Schefter (@AdamSchefter) September 6, 2020
Also: Cowboys are re-signing CB C.J. Goodwin.
Davis spent the first four years of his career with the Steelers and was a starter for three of them. His success was mixed, but he did average 81 tackles and totaled five picks during those three years. In his fourth year, he missed almost all of the season with an injury.
Pittsburgh is bringing Davis back into the fold to be a top backup in their safety room behind Minkah Fitzpatrick and Terrell Edmunds. This is a sensible move for the team, as they could use another player in that role and given Davis’ familiarity with the system, he was a great pickup at this point in the offseason.
As for how this impacts Washington, the answer is not much. Davis was beaten for the starting job by Apke while Deshazor Everett and rookie Kamren Curl were able to lock down the top backup spots after looking good in camp. Simply put, Davis didn’t do enough to shine in camp to warrant keeping him around. He could’ve been a nice practice squad stash, but another team was always going to take a chance on him.
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The deal to which Washington signed Davis was still worth the risk. He didn’t ultimately pan out, but the deal was a short-term one that had minimal impact on Washington’s cap space moving forward. It will be interesting to see how he fares with the Steelers compared to how the Washington safety corps does this year.