A question that I didn’t think coaches and fans would be searching for answers at mid-season still is: What is wrong with the Secondary? Simple answer, if I knew I would be a Defensive Coordinator somewhere.  The second question would be, Did I see the secondary struggling this bad? And that answer is, NO!

The secondary has been one of the weak spots on PITT’s defense over the past few seasons and with the exceptions of Darrelle Revis and K’Waun Williams, the defense really has not had a shutdown corner who deterred opposing Quarterbacks.

One reason is over the past few seasons, coaches tried to pass off Lafayette Pitts as a shutdown corner, but he still gave up too many big plays for anyone’s liking.  Now don’t get me wrong he was a solid defensive back, but he wasn’t that shutdown guy who made opposing Quarterbacks question whether or not they should throw it in that direction.

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