Given how much of a fixture he has seemingly already been able to make himself, it might be hard to forget that Minkah Fitzpatrick has actually only been a part of the Pittsburgh Steelers since they acquired him via trade in the middle of September. He played the first 18 games of his career with the Miami Dolphins, including the first two games of the 2019 season.
It’s fair to say that he had an immediate impact, in ways that were both obvious and less so. He put up the splashy numbers, finishing his time with the Steelers with five interceptions, two fumble recoveries, and a forced fumble, but he also changed the way the defense functioned, as well as how it performed.