It took a couple years, but Mike Tomlin finally landed Patrick Peterson in free agency. Playing the final years of his Hall of Fame career, Peterson was viewed as CB Cam Sutton’s replacement, a versatile chess piece capable of aligning anywhere in the secondary. An outside cornerback throughout his entire career, it was a projection and vision that didn’t play out over the first month of the season.
By year’s end, Peterson had assumed that role and wore more hats than Sutton did in his final year with the team. Part of it was out of need, Pittsburgh decimated by injuries and suspension at safety, forcing Peterson into a full-time role.