There are plenty of players who can get after the quarterback. There’s a lot fewer who can drop into coverage. To find someone who can do both? That’s someone you hang onto. Consider that the mission of rookie Ola Adeniyi, who has proven the former and working on the latter.
If he does, the Pittsburgh Steelers might just have to keep him.
Adeniyi said he’s working on getting comfortable with moving backwards during his first year in the NFL.
“Coming from Toledo, all I did really was pass rush” he told reporters via the team site.