Tag: Patrick Peterson

Steelers HC Mike Tomlin explains why he signed Patrick Peterson

Patrick Peterson hasn’t been the player he was in Minnesota last season.

Despite an excellent game against the Las Vegas Raiders, cornerback Patrick Peterson hasn’t given the Pittsburgh Steelers secondary what they need.

Through six games, Peterson’s allowed 19 receptions on 33 targets, 15 first downs and four touchdowns. He’s logged just one through six games after tying for second in interceptions in 2022.

In his Tuesday press conference, Mike Tomlin addressed moving Peterson around, a primary reason he was brought to Pittsburgh in free agency.

“That’s why we brought Pat here. He’s a veteran player, he’s smart. If you remember, we moved Cam Sutton around a lot. Essentially, he is Cam Sutton. Position flexibility was an attractive component to the acquisition of him.”

According to Pro Football Focus advanced stats, Peterson has lined up in zone 60 percent, in man 39 percent and press 22 percent. Tomlin hinted at Peterson playing some safety this season, but he’s only seen 11 looks there and 86 at slot corner. He’s usually lined up over or outside the right wide receiver (298 snaps).

Perhaps Peterson’s best quality has been behind the scenes. He’s been a great mentor for Joey Porter Jr., the future of Pittsburgh’s secondary.

According to Over the Cap, Peterson is owed a $3.85 roster bonus in March with a total cap number of $9.775 (3.8 percent of the cap). Should he be released after the season, $2.925 dead money will be on the books, but the team would save $6.85 million.

It’s not just Peterson that’s the problem. The entire Steelers secondary has been a major disappointment in 2023. The 29th-ranked unit has allowed a 63.5 completion percentage and 12.3 yards per completion to start the season.

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5 surprises from the Steelers snap counts against the Rams

Here are some things that stood out from the Steelers snap counts against the Rams.

On Sunday, the Pittsburgh Steelers were the comeback kids once again, using a strong second half to put together a big 24-17 comeback win over the Los Angeles Rams. Now that we’ve had a chance to go over our charting of the Steelers snaps we wanted to share some surprises.

What was the biggest offseason mistake the Steelers made?

The Steelers made several serious missteps in the offseason but which one was the worst?

With five games done, the problems with the Pittsburgh Steelers are glaring and quite evident. Despite the fact that the Steelers have found their way to a 3-2 record, most would agree this team isn’t as good as its record.

Looking back at the offseason, it is easy to see some areas where the team could have done things differently but it isn’t easy to point to what the biggest offseason misstep was.

First up, and the one most fans are going to pick is keeping offensive coordinator Matt Canada. Despite the struggles with the offense the previous season, head coach Mike Tomlin chose to maintain continuity with the offense and showed his loyalty to Canada. What we have seen is the offense continues to struggle with no real end in sight.

From a player standpoint, there is one glaring roster move that stands out. Pittsburgh made no effort to retain cornerback Cam Sutton and instead thought signing Patrick Peterson would be an adequate replacement. This hasn’t been the cast as Peterson has struggled and Sutton is a star with the Detroit Lions.

Finally, and maybe this isn’t one people aren’t thinking about is how the Steelers handled the preseason. Everyone got a false sense of how good the Steelers starting offense was when they only played five series in three games. Perhaps if Tomlin and the coaches had left the Steelers starters on the field more, some of these problems would have shown up and corrections could have been made ahead of the regular season.

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Cast your vote and tell us what you think the biggest mistake is the Steelers made this offseason.

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T.J. Watt-forced INT gives Patrick Peterson lead among active players

Steelers DB Patrick Peterson get picks with a little help from his friends.

Teamwork makes the dream work, and T.J. Watt and Patrick Peterson were prime examples of that tonight. As he’s known for doing, Watt got in Jimmy Garoppolo’s face, forcing him to get the ball out to avoid a sack.

After allowing the only touchdown currently on the board from the Las Vegas Raiders, Peterson made up for it with a pick of Garoppolo.

Previously tied with the Vikings’ Harrison Smith with 34 interceptions, Peterson is now alone among active players with 35.

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Patrick Peterson, Wyatt Teller had a delightful dance-off while waiting on fumble ruling during Browns – Steelers

A dance-off during Browns-Steelers!

While Monday night’s rivalry game between the Pittsburgh Steelers and Cleveland Browns might’ve been tense, it did give way to a little levity in the fourth quarter.

During a Browns offensive drive, play stopped just long enough for Pittsburgh cornerback Patrick Peterson and Cleveland guard Wyatt Teller to have a little dance-off while the referees debated whether or not Cleveland tight end David Njoku had fumbled on the field.

Seriously! If you weren’t really paying attention, you might’ve missed Peterson and Teller just joking around and dancing with each other to the right of the refs. It was great.

Peterson looked to have done a little dance to signal that the ball was going Pittsburgh’s way, and Teller joined in to lightheartedly make fun of Peterson’s victory dance.

The fumble would go the Steelers’ way, but this moment just shows that, even in the most heated of games, NFL players can still have a little fun and harmlessly mess with each other.

Now we just need to get some judges in here to score the respective dances to see who won the dance-off.

Feature image courtesy of ESPN.

Mic’d-up video showed what Patrick Peterson told Brock Purdy after his pregame trash talk backfired

It was all respect.

Steelers cornerback Patrick Peterson certainly had Brock Purdy’s attention in the lead-up to their Week 1 matchup in Pittsburgh. But when you give an opponent bulletin-board material, you better be prepared to back it up.

That’s where Peterson stumbled spectacularly on Sunday.

In the days before the game, Peterson said that he had “the tells” on Purdy and the Niners offense, adding that he expected a big game for himself. The opposite happened with Peterson getting burned on two touchdowns. After the Niners’ 30-7 win, Purdy seemed thrilled in the postgame press conference that he was able to win that battle with Peterson.

But on the field, Peterson was among the first players to show some respect to Purdy after the quarterback’s strong performance.

In mic’d-up footage from NFL Films’ Inside the NFL, we saw as Peterson met up with Purdy after the game, and they shared a gracious exchange. That also came after Brandon Aiyuk and Deebo Samuel were heard mocking Peterson’s comments from the bench. Peterson gave the Niners some extra motivation — that was clear.

Yet in that postgame meeting, Peterson told Purdy that his comments weren’t personal and that he wished the Niners quarterback nothing but the best. Purdy — who is from the Phoenix suburbs — made a point to tell Peterson that he grew up a huge fan of the former Arizona Cardinals star.

Even amid the game-week trash talk, fans enjoyed hearing that postgame conversation. The respect was real between the two players.

Brock Purdy trolled Patrick Peterson with a savage postgame rhetorical question after burning him on TD

What a cold-blooded comment from Brock Purdy.

After his overconfident comments about Brock Purdy, Pittsburgh Steelers cornerback Patrick Peterson got a quick comeuppance on Sunday afternoon. It was clear that Purdy and the San Francisco 49ers were targeting Peterson in coverage, and they humbled the veteran with two early touchdowns.

In the postgame, after a 30-7 dominant win for the 49ers, Purdy showed that Peterson was probably on his mind more than he thought. And he clearly wanted to single the cornerback out for trashing his ability as a cornerback.

While discussing his individual play, Purdy asked if it was Peterson in coverage on Brandon Aiyuk’s touchdown. Based on his body language and overall delivery, it was apparent Purdy asked the question rhetorically. He knew Peterson was on Aiyuk and wanted to take advantage of him on the field while then talking trash when appropriate — after a convincing win.

You gotta hand it to Purdy. He refused to say anything about the Steelers or Peterson in advance. He let his game do the talking, and boy, did it speak volumes. He certainly earned the right to make a little barb at Peterson like this.

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NFL Week 1 Awards: Jordan Love’s Packers look like they’ll embarrass the Bears for another 30 years

Jordan Love is the Packers’ new starter and they’re still humbling the Bears.

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

Week 1 of the 2023 NFL season was supposed to be the start of a brilliant new era for Justin Fields and the Chicago Bears. With Aaron Rodgers now calling New York home, the Bears were supposed to take advantage of an inexperienced Jordan Love. They were supposed to announce their presence to the NFC North and the rest of the league.

Instead, the Packers laid an absolute beatdown. The 38-20 final score was not nearly indicative of how Green Bay outpaced and outclassed Chicago in every facet. And as the Packers notch their ninth straight win in an extended 30-year run of dominance over their rival, it’s fair to wonder: Are Love and Co. about to tack on another 15 years to that number?

It’s only Week 1, but that’s how atrocious the Bears looked in every phase. I would not be remotely surprised if 30 years became 45, then 60 …

But Week 1 wasn’t bad news for everyone. Well, it was still bad for Patrick Peterson after talking so much trash about Brock Purdy. But, again, some people did have fun weeks!

Let’s have some fun and hand out awards from a truly wild and unpredictable opening NFL Sunday.

Patrick Peterson guarantees interception vs. Brock Purdy, allows 2 TDs instead

Steelers CB Patrick Peterson guaranteed an interception vs. the 49ers. He didn’t get one, but he did give up 2 touchdowns which is close.

Steelers cornerback Patrick Peterson had a guarantee for his season opener against the 49ers. His guarantee backfired.

The 33-year-old cornerback said on his podcast ‘All Things Covered’ that he studied enough tape on San Francisco’s offense to know what plays were coming.

“There is some tell signs out there that tells us what plays we’re gonna get with those guys in certain situations,” Peterson said.

He wouldn’t divulge what those tells are, instead saying “when I get my pick Sunday we’ll talk about it.”

Not only did Peterson not have an interception, but he was instead beat twice for touchdowns by 49ers wide receiver Brandon Aiyuk as part of a career-day for the fourth-year WR.

Whatever tells the 49ers offense has weren’t helpful to Peterson or the Steelers defense as San Francisco rolled to a 30-7 victory.

Yikes.

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Steelers CB Patrick Peterson words come back to haunt him

Pittsburgh Steelers DB Patrick Peterson predicted a big game for himself versus 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy, and the opposite happened.

There’s always a risk that comes with showing swagger in predicting something will happen on a national stage such as the NFL that it’ll come back to haunt you.

That’s exactly what happened to Pittsburgh Steelers defensive back Patrick Peterson.

Though he had never played a game in a Steelers uniform, he forecasted an interception of 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy. “When I get my pick Sunday, we’ll talk about it,” Peterson said on his All Things Covered podcast with ex-Steeler Bryant McFadden. “There is some tell signs out there that tells us what plays we’re gonna get from those guys in certain situations.”

So much for that. He might want to be the better man and eat his words after giving up two scores and 129 yards to receiver Brandon Aiyuk.

Peterson brushed it off. “I had two opportunities to get two picks, I just didn’t grab it in,” he told TribLive’s Tim Benz of the “tells” he was so confident about.

In his first game after recovering from an elbow injury that cut his rookie season short, the defense allowed 49ers quarterback Brock Purdy to pass the ball with ease. He went 19-of-29 for 220 yards, two touchdowns and no interceptions. Peterson’s prediction came far from true.

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