Three years on into his Pittsburgh Steelers career, All-Pro safety Minkah Fitzpatrick understands that this is now ‘his’ team, in the sense that he is one of the principle players within that group, and the sort of player that others turn to. It is in stark contrast to his mid-season arrival in 2019.
“I’ve been here for, this is my third season now. When I first got here, I didn’t have [any] responsibility besides doing my job”, he told reporters on Thursday. “They handed me a playbook and said this is all you got to do.