The Pittsburgh Steelers have certainly appeared to come to the realization that, not only do they have a deficiency in the secondary, they also have a deficiency in their ability to draft and develop members of the secondary.
Entering today’s game, three of the Steelers’ four primary starting defensive backs—as well as their primary nickel defender—will all have been players that they have acquired from the outside in one way or another. Only Terrell Edmunds is a player that they themselves drafted or originally signed as a college free agent.
The first move in that direction was a necessary one, for certain, and that was the signing of Joe Haden in August of 2017 when he suddenly became available.