Blast From The Past: Anthony Madison

New series to fill out the rest of the offseason. Which is mercifully close to being over. Inspired by a Jerame Tuman name-drop on the last edition of The Terrible Podcast, and a “Forgottable Pirates” twitter account that I love, we’ll rattle off a few Pittsburgh Steelers that have fallen into the recesses of your mind.

Today’s player is a littler more relevant and recent but still, probably largely forgotten. Cornerback Anthony Madison was a special teams’ ace, the heir to Chidi Iwuoma. The short stint they played together in 2006 may have been the greatest moments in my life.

From 2006 through 2009, Madison averaged a tackle a game with the Steelers; 43 in 43 games. After being released…