The Pittsburgh Steelers have a type when it comes to the slot cornerback position: small, feisty, overly physical. Rookie undrafted free agent Beanie Bishop Jr. is aiming to be the next in line at the position for the Black and Gold.
Through two days of training camp at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Bishop is seeing a lot of work in the slot with the first-team defense.
While head coach Mike Tomlin stated to reporters Friday that he’d “be careful” reading too much into that just yet, it’s hard not to. The Steelers have a glaring need in the slot, especially with veteran cornerback Cameron Sutton — signed in the final week of OTAs this offseason — facing an 8-game suspension for his March arrest in Florida.