Steelers acquire Patriots safety Kyle Dugger in trade deadline move Jack McKessy, USA TODAY October 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM 0 Two days after allowing Green Bay Packers quarterback to complete 20 straight passes, the Pittsburgh Steelers are acquiring some help in their defensive secondary via the trade m...
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Jack McKessy, USA TODAY October 29, 2025 at 1:02 AM
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Two days after allowing Green Bay Packers quarterback to complete 20 straight passes, the Pittsburgh Steelers are acquiring some help in their defensive secondary via the trade market.
The Steelers are trading a sixth-round pick to the New England Patriots for safety Kyle Dugger and a seventh-round pick, according to ESPN's Adam Schefter.
Pittsburgh was leading the NFL in passing yards allowed per game (273.3) through eight weeks in its first season without three-time All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick since 2018. The Steelers also rank in the bottom half of the NFL in EPA (0.167 - 23rd) and success rate (49.2% - 21st) allowed to opponents.
Dugger was a second-round pick for the Patriots in the 2020 NFL Draft and had started in every game he played for New England over the last three seasons.
This year, his first under new head coach Mike Vrabel, the sixth-year veteran has played a career-low 44% of the Patriots' defensive snaps – though he played 100% of snaps in his last two games healthy in Weeks 6 and 7. Dugger missed New England's Week 8 win over the Cleveland Browns with a knee injury.
A move to acquire another safety had started to come into focus earlier in the day on Oct. 28. Head coach Mike Tomlin told reporters that the Steelers were working out former Cincinnati Bengals safety Vonn Bell that day.
Moving Dugger was the second trade the Patriots completed on Oct. 28, coming hours after they sent edge rusher Keion White to the San Francisco 49ers.
This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Kyle Dugger trade details: Patriots send safety to the Steelers
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