Patrick Queen to join Steelers, Ravens AFC North rival, on 3-year deal: report

Patrick Queen is used to hunting Pittsburgh Steelers. Now, he’s reportedly going to be playing for them. 

Queen, the former Baltimore Ravens linebacker, agreed to terms on a three-year, $41 million deal in free agency to join the Steelers, according to ESPN.

So, Queen will have to tackle some of his former teammates as these AFC North rivals clash twice a year. 

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Queen was near the top of the free agency pool this offseason, with many regarding him as the best inside linebacker to be available for every team. And it’s been a grind for him to get to that point despite being taken in the first round by the Ravens in 2020. 

Though his tackle numbers were high in his first two seasons, he wasn’t the best in coverage, allowing five total touchdowns in that category combined. He was also missing tackles in the open field, which is frowned upon for a first-round linebacker. 

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But he got better in 2022, giving up no touchdowns and posting a career-low 83.1 quarterback rate against. Queen had 117 tackles, two interceptions and five sacks that season as well. 

In 2023, Queen posted a career-high 133 tackles, 3.5 sacks, one interception and six passes defended for a Ravens defense that dominated virtually everyone they played on the way to earning the No. 1 seed in the AFC. He made second-team All-Pro and earned his way to the Pro Bowl, his first of his career. 

But the Ravens didn’t pick up Queen’s fifth-year option before the 2023 campaign started, which meant he was always destined for free agency. 

The Steelers, having seen him on the opposite sideline for four years, clearly see a perfect fit for him on their menacing defense. Queen should slot right in next to Cole Holcomb, while T.J. Watt and Alex Highsmith continue to wreak havoc at outside linebacker. 

For the Ravens, Queen’s loss is big, but they have an immediate solution after drafting Trenton Simpson in the third round last season. Roquan Smith, who was brought in during the 2022 season, is also still under contract. 

The theme of free agents joining their previous rivals continues here in day two of NFL free agency, as Saquon Barkley joined the Philadelphia Eagles and Aaron Jones chose the Minnesota Vikings, to name a few. 

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7 child sex predators arrested in Florida undercover sting include TSA officer, retired Army member: sheriff

An undercover child sex sting in Florida resulted in the arrests of seven suspects, including a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer and a retired Army staff sergeant, while an eighth suspect remains on the run, authorities said Tuesday.

The sting, "Operation Child Protector V," was carried out over eight days in late February with detectives posing as children and adults who have access to children online, the Polk County Sheriff’s Office said. Detectives filed a total of 27 felony charges against the eight suspects.

Edmundo Dasilva, 37, was taken into custody after messaging an undercover detective that he would pay $60 to have sex with a child and showing up to the sting location, the sheriff’s office said. Dasilva told detectives he is married and works for Homeland Security as a TSA officer.

Another suspect, identified as 41-year-old Larry William Hayes, is a retired U.S. Army staff sergeant who worked as a satellite systems analyst and was working for the U.S. Department of Defense at MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa with a high security clearance, Sheriff Grady Judd told reporters.

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Hayes, who said he is married with three children, is accused of sending several explicit images of his genitalia to the undercover detective and agreeing to pay $250 for sex with a child. 

After getting caught, Grady said he told detectives he was really there to save the girl.

"He immediately tells us, ‘I’m there to rescue her.’ Well, the reality is we rescued some child from him," Judd said.

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The suspect who remains on the run was identified as 61-year-old John Adams of Dunedin, Florida. While Adams did not show up to the undercover location, he is accused of sending his "vile" and "filthy" desires to have sex with a child, Judd said. 

The other suspects arrested include 34-year-old Brandon Ray, 45-year-old Willie Merrill, 27-year-old Hasan Abu Halemeh, 29-year-old Nelson Louis and 45-year-old Manuel Canasi, who Judd said told detectives he is married and has a son and two teenage daughters.

The suspects all face a range of charges, some of which include human trafficking, use of a computer to solicit a guardian, traveling to meet a minor and use of a two-way communication device to commit a felony.

The undercover operation was carried out along with the Auburndale Police Department, Davenport Police Department, Lakeland Police Department, Lake Wales Police Department and Hardee County Sheriff’s Office.

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