Patrick Peterson is a Pittsburgh Steeler in 2023. He nearly started that journey a year ago. At his introductory press conference, Peterson said he spoke with Pittsburgh last offseason about signing with the Steelers then and why he wasn’t surprised that they came calling again.
I wasn’t surprised because we almost made something happen last year,” he told reporters via the team’s YouTube channel. “Conversations with Grady and Coach Tomlin last year. Obviously wasn’t able to make it happen. A different situation, losing a key corner to their secondary in Cam. It felt like they needed a guy that had some of those same attributes as a smart, tough, physical football player.