You know who really loves late-addition cornerbacks? Pittsburgh Steelers Head Coach Mike Tomlin. Man, I would say that I don’t even know where to begin telling you how much he loves adding cornerbacks late into the roster-building process, but that would be a lie, because I can just start right from the beginning.
The Steelers traded for cornerback Allen Rossum on September 1, 2007, the final cut-down day of Tomlin’s rookie season as a head coach. They gave up a seventh-round pick for the aging veteran and used him as a return specialist.