One of the most unlikely heroes for the Pittsburgh Steelers against the Denver Broncos was Cory Trice Jr. Not that Trice isn’t a good player, but it isn’t often that a backup corner comes in and immediately makes a play. It would be great if Trice could continue to make plays because of his unusual size. Good coverage corners with Trice’s size are hard to come by, but defensive coordinator Teryl Austin never seemed to doubt Trice’s size would hinder him.
“I wasn’t worried that he was too tall to be a cover corner, because I’ve had experience with taller corners, and I think the tallest corners I had before [Trice] was Bobby Taylor,” Austin said Thursday via the team’s transcript.