The Steelers are set to pay Cordarrelle Patterson $2.8 million this year; Mike DeFabo is one of many asking why. After he failed as a kick returner last season—the reason they signed him—what value does he offer? Pittsburgh largely turned over the running back room since last season, so where does he fit?
In assessing the Steelers’ offensive roster, DeFabo wrote about each player, and his blurb on Cordarrelle Patterson was rather direct. “Why haven’t the Steelers cut him yet?”, he wrote for The Athletic. [OC Arthur] Smith has a soft spot for the once-great return man, but the offensive coordinator didn’t even mention Patterson when talking about the running backs group during the offseason”.