I didn’t expect Mike Tomlin to go all Ted Bundy in his Tuesday press conference, but he mentioned CB Joey Porter Jr. having a “serial killer’s mentality.”
Getting past the obvious hyperbolic and infelicitous comparison, what is he actually trying to say? The psyche of a serial killer includes the ability to compartmentalize, and to carry on with Tomlin’s strange analogy, cornerbacks have to be able to do that.
“Heck yeah, man, he’s got a serial killer’s mentality,” Tomlin said via the Steelers’ YouTube. “But if you’re gonna be a top flight corner, you better.