The Pittsburgh Steelers had an eventful first day of free agency, with the quick departure of cornerback Cameron Sutton, and wasting no time to sign cornerback Patrick Peterson. Today I wanted to provide some data context to what Peterson provided for the Minnesota Vikings last season, along with 2022 Steelers cornerbacks with substantial targets (30 or more) to get a gauge of the loss/gains from a stats perspective. Let’s get right to it, starting with 2022 coverage snaps and targets for quantity value:
All three qualifying players landed above the mean in opportunities, with Peterson having the most coverage snaps (657), which was third most out of the 101 cornerbacks on the chart.