Looks like Bud Dupree tore his ACL

[staylor26]

Wow. Huge ****ing blow to a defense that already lost one of their best players for the season.

Initial tests on #Steelers LB Bud Dupree indicate a torn ACL, sources tell me and @AKinkhabwala. Tests coming to confirm but the team expects him to be lost for the reason. Crushing for the team and Dupree, who is playing on the franchise tag and is slated to be a free agent.

— Mike Garafolo (@MikeGarafolo) December 3, 2020

[Stryker]

I hate to see any player go down period let alone an awesome player like this. Sad news. Get well soon Dupree.

[St. Patty's Fire]

this is massive

that completely and utterly changes the way the steelers can play on defense. they probably can't generate nearly as much pressure with 4 now - they'll have to blitz more. And if they play us in the playoffs and try blitzing...well, yeah. we know the result of that.

[BossChief]

Originally Posted by tredadda

Reasons like this are why so many players despise the franchise tag.

Bet he had a different stance this offseason now...

https://steelersnow.com/bud-dupree-s...with-steelers/

UNITY TWP, Pa. — Steelers outside linebacker Bud Dupree is entering the final year of his rookie contract in 2019.

But he’s not that interested in signing a long-term extension, he told reporters before the team’s practice on Sunday.



Instead, he’s betting on himself.

“I’m straight. I’d rather just be like this right now,” Dupree said Sunday when asked if he preferred to sign an extension before the season. “For one year, I’m going to go out and do my thing. I’m going to prove.”



For an edge rusher, the big way to go out and prove that he has value would be for Dupree to add sacks. He had four as a rookie, four and a half in 2016, six in 2017 and five and a half after making the move to right outside linebacker in 2018.

But of course, sacks are as much about individual effort as they are about the team’s concept on any given play. The outside linebackers in the Steelers’ 3-4 scheme have often been primarily pass-rushers, but the emergence of T.J. Watt as a pass-rusher with his 13 sacks a year ago may lessen Dupree’s opportunities. He understands that coverage is going to have to be a part of his game.



“I’m going to help the team and not be selfish,” he said. “Even though it is a contract year, I can’t be selfish. I’ve got to make sure I’m doing stuff that’s beneficial towards the unit, as well, and keep my hair on fire.”
The biggest difference in opportunities might depend on which linebackers are chose to play in the Steelers’ sub packages. With fewer backers on the field, those that stay will have an outsized role in the team’s 2019 fate.

With that in mind, Dupree slimmed himself down entering training camp in a quest to stay on the field more often and to be able to play every down that he can in 2019.

“That’s for being able to stay on the field and being able to stay full speed while I’m on the field,” Dupree said. “It’s just about stamina, that’s the main thing.”

The Steelers had some incentive to try to lock up Dupree on a longer-term contract, because if he is able to increase that sack total, he will command a premium on the open market, as Parker Hurley wrote earlier this month.



With Dupree taking that option off the table, the Steelers could look for other options for contract extensions, like cornerback Joe Haden, who said on Thursday that he is optimistic he and the team will be able to work-out a contract before the season begins.

[Wallcrawler]

The hit Dupree put on Matt Moore in that playoff game when he scrambled out of the pocket when he was with the Dolphins has always made me nervous about the Chiefs playing them. You could see the possibility of another hit like that on Mahomes.

Not going to be sad that he won't be on the field if we see them down the road.

[Simply Red]

he's a pussy anyways.