The Steelers were an aging team over the last few seasons and they lost a lot of starters this offseason as a result, especially defensively where they lost James Farrior, Aaron Smith, and William Gay, and might not have Casey Hampton ready for week 1. Gay signing with the Arizona Cardinals opened up a hole at cornerback opposite Ike Taylor. There are three candidates for the job: 2009 3^rd round pick Keenan Lewis, 2011 3^rd round pick Curtis Brown, and 2011 4^th round pick Cortez Allen.

According to Pro Football Weekly, Keenan Lewis has the “early edge”. This makes a lot of sense. He’s the most experienced of the bunch and was the highest on the depth chart last season, playing 404 snaps as their #3 cornerback. He’s also been getting the bulk of the 1^st team reps in OTAs. The competition is far from over, but it appears, right now, that it’ll be Lewis starting, and Brown and Allen serving the #3 and #4 roles respectively. Lewis boldly predicted earlier this offseason that he’d make the Pro Bowl this season.

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