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Ahkello Witherspoon Embracing Aggressive Mindset: ‘You Can Catch Every Ball That’s Thrown Your Way’

The Pittsburgh Steelers secondary is heading in a bit of a new direction this offseason, its first year in half a decade without Joe Haden as their number one cornerback. I don’t know that they know right now who is the ‘number one’, or if there is one, but sixth-year veteran Ahkello Witherspoon is hoping to stake his claim to that distinction—after all, he thinks he’s a top-five cornerback in the game.

Last week, he hopped onto the Getcha Popcorn podcast, during which he had nearly an hour-long discussion with Hall of Fame wide receiver Terrell Owens about himself, the Steelers, and the nature of the game.