While he has made a few splash plays so far this season, Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Antwon Blake hasn’t made enough of them. In fact, the former undrafted free agent is nowhere close to being the physical and reliable tackler he was last season in his limited playing time.
While Blake has been playing with a broken thumb for most of this season, he’s not using it as an excuse for him missing so many tackles this year. 23, to be exact, according to Pro Football Focus.
“I am not used to missing a lot of tackles, and I have been missing tackles,” Blake said Wednesday, according to Mark Kaboly of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review.