The Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense of the 2010s was largely dreadful. They won games in spite of that unit, not because of it. And while they began to turn things around by drafting T.J. Watt in 2017 and signing Joe Haden in 2018, Pittsburgh still needed a momentum-changer in the form of a splash play artist.
Enter Minkah Fitzpatrick.
After losing Ben Roethlisberger for the entire season in Week 2 of the 2019 season, the Steelers traded their 2020 first-round pick to the Miami Dolphins for the young safety, making it known they weren’t punting on the season.