Antoine Brooks Jr. #25 of the Pittsburgh Steelers (Photo by Nic Antaya/Getty Images)
The Pittsburgh Steelers are looking for a nickel cornerback after the loss of Mike Hilton this offseason, but here’s why they are going about it the wrong way.
Over the past two seasons, the Steelers have had a pretty impressive situation at cornerback – perhaps one of the best I’ve witnessed in my lifetime. After going through stretches of sub-par to downright bad cornerback performances, Pittsburgh was finally four-deep at one of the most important positions in football.
In 2019 and 2020, the Steelers had an impressive group of cornerbacks in Joe Haden, Steven Nelson, Mike Hilton, and Cameron Sutton.