Pittsburgh Steelers safety DeShon Elliott only spent one season with the Miami Dolphins and apparently he wasn’t impressed with their mental fortitude.
“This will be very fun,” Elliott said of the Steelers’ upcoming game against the Baltimore Ravens on the Punch Line Podcast. “I haven’t been able to play against Baltimore the way I wanted to because last year I played for a team that was soft as [expletive]. … There were some guys that were tough, but the majority of the team, they were not mentally tough individuals.
“So to be on a full team of mentally tough guys going against another mentally tough team, AFC North ball, it’s going to be fun, man.”
It isn’t a new critique of the 2023 Dolphins. Elliott’s replacement in the starting lineup, Jordan Poyer, had a similar take on Miami in the offseason after joining the team as a free agent earlier this year.
“Playing against this team over the past few years, you kind of get a sense of, ‘OK, if you get on top of this team, they might fold,’” the former Buffalo Bills safety told reporters in July. “This is just being honest, so what is that that happens in those moments where we get hit in the mouth?”
Elliott, 27, began his career with the Ravens and made a one-year stop with the Detroit Lions before joining the Dolphins on a one-year deal in 2023. In his sole season in Miami, the safety made 15 starts and recorded one interception, one tackle for loss, and 82 total tackles.
