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Pittsburgh Steelers: Stock rising/falling after Week 6 win over Bengals

By Brandon Kring

CINCINNATI, OH - OCTOBER 14: James Conner #30 of the Pittsburgh Steelers slips past Vontaze Burfict #55 and Shawn Williams #36 of the Cincinnati Bengals during the third quarter at Paul Brown Stadium on October 14, 2018 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by John Grieshop/Getty Images)
CINCINNATI, OH - OCTOBER 14: James Conner #30 of the Pittsburgh Steelers slips past Vontaze Burfict #55 and Shawn Williams #36 of the Cincinnati Bengals during the third quarter at Paul Brown Stadium on October 14, 2018 in Cincinnati, Ohio. (Photo by John Grieshop/Getty Images) /
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PITTSBURGH, PA – OCTOBER 07: Devonta Freeman #24 of the Atlanta Falcons carries the ball against Artie Burns #25 of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first half during the game at Heinz Field on October 7, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images)
PITTSBURGH, PA – OCTOBER 07: Devonta Freeman #24 of the Atlanta Falcons carries the ball against Artie Burns #25 of the Pittsburgh Steelers in the first half during the game at Heinz Field on October 7, 2018 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. (Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) /

Artie Burns – Stock: In the basement and the only exit stairs are collapsing.

Burns had a great season in 2016 as a rookie first rounder. I was pleased with what he had shown at such a young age with raw potential.

Fast forward to now and it is not even the same guy I am seeing. Burns looks lost in coverage and commits way too many bonehead penalties.

In the Cincinnati game, Burns had a touchdown given up where he seemed to be nowhere in sight and a lost ball in high weeds while Boyd ran free. He also committed a pass interference call where he actually had good coverage and was right with the receiver only to shove him out-of-bounds.

Burns has to turn things around in a hurry. The Steelers have to decide on his fifth year option this offseason and with the way he has performed the price will be well above what he is worth. Last offseason, the price for picks 11-32 at the corner position was $9.069 million according to Joel Corry of CBS Sports and that is not going to happen for Burns.

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