The Pittsburgh Steelers have been using second-year cornerback Cameron Sutton as their dimeback for the past few weeks after injuries to Morgan Burnett and Nat Berhe have left them with no third safety that they are confident enough in to play that quasi-linebacker role.
Only they have only really been using him in obvious passing situations, so he hasn’t been tasked with playing more of the ‘linebacker’ responsibilities of that spot for the most part. For example, of the five plays from last Sunday I will look at below, four of them occurred on third down, while the other game in the final three minutes of the game on second and 10 with the Cincinnati Bengals looking to take the lead.