Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Antwon Blake entered his second season with the team last year, and went through his first offseason, finally getting a chance to show that he can contribute to the defense as he moved up the depth chart due to injuries and ineffectiveness ahead of him.
Ike Taylor’s injury against Carolina opened up a brief window of opportunity for him, as he was the first cornerback up for that game, and contributed as the right outside cornerback in sub-packages. After that week, however, it was Brice McCain who took the field in sub-packages until Cortez Allen was finally benched about midway through the season.