Early in the season, Pittsburgh Steelers RB/KR Cordarrelle Patterson looked like a great addition. Patterson’s speed and quickness helped in the first few weeks when RB Jaylen Warren still wasn’t fully healthy from a preseason hamstring injury and subsequent knee injury. Then Patterson injured his ankle against the Indianapolis Colts, and he hasn’t looked the same since.
Since Patterson returned from injury against the Washington Commanders two weeks ago, the speed he showed against the Colts has been nowhere to be found. Patterson looks like a shell of his former self on kickoffs, and when given the ball on offense, he lacks the burst that made him look really good earlier this year.