The Pittsburgh Steelers’ nickel corner turned out to be one of the hottest and most talked about position battles of the summer. Heading into Sunday’s opener, we still didn’t know who the guy was. A stark difference from the past several seasons where Mike Hilton was the defined starter, Cam Sutton the defined backup.
So who got the job against the Bills? Tre Norwood. And Minkah Fitzpatrick. And Arthur Maulet. And oh yeah, Sutton too.
I’ve gone through and charted the Steelers’ defense and sorted out who exactly saw slot snaps for the team. Here’s the list, from most to least, shown below.