The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t sign Patrick Peterson this offseason so that he could be a babysitter. He’s here to play football. Though he’ll be playing at 33 years old this season, he can still get the job done. But where Peterson goes, so do his leadership instincts, and he is instilling that in the Steelers’ youngest cornerbacks, including 32nd-overall pick Joey Porter Jr.
While it was always the expectation since the Steelers signed Peterson that they would draft a young cornerback early and that the veteran would be able to play a sort of mentor role, it’s good to hear that relationship already building during OTAs and bearing fruit.