Chandon Sullivan understands the lay of the land by now.
After all, the 26-year-old had to cut his teeth the hard way to make it in the NFL, after going undrafted out of Georgia State in 2018.
Seventy-one games across five seasons have gone by, and he is one of the newest members of the Steelers' secondary brought in and expected to make an impact as part of an offseason overhaul.
It just happened to work out that he gets to line up next to his old running mate in Minnesota, the future Hall of Famer Patrick Peterson.