When the Pittsburgh Steelers found themselves wanting at safety a couple of seasons back, they turned their sights toward free agency and came away with Mike Mitchell, now entering his eighth NFL season, and third with the Steelers.
That first season did not go particularly as well as he hoped, bogged down by multiple torn injuries that affected his play, but he improved significantly in year two, even while he played through injury again, this time to his shoulder, on which he underwent offseason surgery.
Asked how he felt at the start of training camp after sitting out the spring workouts, he was lighthearted during an interview with Steelers Nation Radio.