The Pittsburgh Steelers faced a crisis at cornerback, and didn’t wait around. Their latest roster moves brought former Los Angeles Chargers cornerback Asante Samuel Jr. to the Steelers’ practice squad. While this shores up the cornerback room, it bodes ill for a former Super Bowl champ who had just found his groove in Steel City: Darius Slay.

One helmet-to-helmet collision. That’s all it took. Slay went down with a concussion in Week 10 against the Chargers, his head meeting teammate Kyle Dugger’s helmet and sending him straight to the concussion protocol. Now, as Slay navigates the protocol, likely missing a few weeks, NFL analyst Jack Sperry sees the writing on the wall.

“ With the Steelers finding their new CB2 in Asante Samuel Jr. & the Eagles losing Jaire Alexan

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