Mike Tomlin thought he had his Pittsburgh Steelers ahead of the curve to address the changes to the kickoff. The Steelers signed the greatest kick returner in NFL history on the day the competition committee passed the changes. The only problem is that he didn’t look like the same player, and not just because of the differences in play.
I’m speaking of Cordarrelle Patterson, whom Tomlin signed to a two-year, $6 million contract as the Steelers’ new kick returner. It was a position that the team had ignored for years, and he thought Patterson could make a splash.