If there is one single spot that is wide open for competition for the Pittsburgh Steelers this Summer, it is perhaps the slot cornerback position. Even with that said, it is readily apparent that second-year defensive back Antoine Brooks Jr. has been deemed the leading candidate for some time now—perhaps since Mike Hilton departed in free agency.
While we didn’t hear about it much until minicamp was over, multiple beat writers, such as Mike Prisuta and Noah Strackbein, made it very clear that Brooks was the guy in the slot at that time. He has been that guy in training camp as well, and is slated to start the Hall of Fame game.