No player over the past three seasons has had to deal with more uncertainty about where he would be playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers than has Sean Davis, a 2016 second-round pick out of Maryland. He began his career as the team’s nickel defender before transitioning to strong safety.
Entering his third season, after the team decided to release Mike Mitchell, the decision was made to give Davis the opportunity for what he hopes is one final move, that to free safety, a role that he has openly talked about as being recognizably different from anything he had been asked to do before, and which required a learning curve.