Pittsburgh isn’t the most glamorous destination for professional football players, but once players get a taste of the Steel City, it’s hard for them to leave.
Peyton Bennett, host of the Willing to Fail podcast, interviewed former Steelers cornerback and current CBS football analyst Bryant McFadden to recount his football journey. Bennett asked McFadden about leaving the Steelers as a free agent for the Arizona Cardinals after the 2008 season.
“I was never supposed to leave Pittsburgh. When it came to the business, I felt like there was a better opportunity in Arizona, and eventually [I] came back full circle and said, ‘You know what it wasn’t’ because Pittsburgh wanted me to come back and I was okay returning because a lot of the guys I played with were still there,” McFadden said.