It’s far easier in 2022 to get your top three cornerbacks on the field than it was say, in 2002. With most offenses running 11 personnel, three-receiver sets, as their base offense, defenses respond by getting their three cornerbacks on the field. Still, maximizing the room is one of Pittsburgh Steelers DB Coach Grady Brown’s goals, especially in determining who plays where.
“My job to try to get the best players on the field,” Brown told reporters via Steelers.com. “So if all three, hopefully all three of them are playing at a very high level and you create, if you want to label it, competition.