Come draft time there will be a lot of discussion again about the cornerback needs for this Steelers team. But I’m going to throw an antithetical comment out there for you to chew on: I’m not convinced this team needs another cornerback.
This team has a menagerie of cornerbacks on the roster – Gay, Cockrell, Blake, Boykin, Grant, and on IR, Golson.
No, no Rod Woodsons on this roster. But do you know that Gay – not Revis, Norman, or Sherman – is the one cornerback who hasn’t let up a touchdown pass this season? He’s a fixture – and should be. While without the physical skills of some – the elite speed or size – he has enough of both and the intelligence to play the position at a high level. And has.
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