Slot receivers come in all shapes and sizes. The position may lean toward smaller guys with speed, but teams will move their bigger receivers into the slot to exploit matchups. Slot corners must be ready to go against both the small, twitchy athletes as well as the big, physical ones. They present much different challenges.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have primarily been using undrafted rookie CB Beanie Bishop Jr. in the slot over the first half of training camp. He measured in at his West Virginia pro day at 5091, 180 pounds. Undersized speedster Calvin Austin III has been his most frequent matchup, but he has gotten some reps against George Pickens and others who challenge him in other ways.