Patrick Peterson has only played for three teams in his 13-year NFL career, but he’s been in entirely different situations with each team. He was selected fifth overall in the 2011 NFL Draft by the Arizona Cardinals as an impact playmaker on defense, and he was just that for 10 seasons. Then he signed with the Minnesota Vikings in 2021 as a veteran leader.
You could have thought the same thing when he signed with the Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of the 2023 season. You’d be right, in a way, due to the changes at the cornerback position. However, to hear Peterson tell Rich Eisen on the Rich Eisen Show Friday, he didn’t see himself needing to be a big-time leader on the defense.