He might be new to the Pittsburgh Steelers, but he isn’t new to the NFL—far from it. The Pittsburgh Steelers brought in CB Patrick Peterson in the offseason as a veteran presence while the secondary underwent a lot of changes. CB Cameron Sutton departed for the Detroit Lions in free agency and long-time S Terrell Edmunds signed elsewhere as well.
They ended up restocking the shelves in the draft with Joey Porter Jr. in the second round and Cory Trice Jr. in the seventh round, but needed a veteran to help tie over the unit into the next era of the Steelers’ secondary.