With the trade deadline just a week away, it’s high time for reporters to ask figures in the NFL about any possibility of teams swapping assets with each other. When inquired about the level of his team’s interest in trading for Arizona Cardinals star cornerback Patrick Peterson, Pittsburgh Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin showed barely any interest in talking about it, per Mike Florio of Pro Football Talk.
“I don’t play the hypothetical game,” Tomlin said at his weekly press conference in response to a question about a possible trade for Cardinals cornerback Patrick Peterson. “We focus on us and potential free agents and so forth. It’s our normal business. I just don’t delve into the hypothetical fodder about who’s potentially available and who’s not. Some of those things are just speculation, there’s no significance or anything real to it. So why comment on it? Why think about it? Why waste one iota of our time? We’ve got real tangible issues relative to guys on our team that need to be addressed.”
He may not want to talk about the chances of Patrick Peterson adorning the Steelers’ secondary, but it’s going to be hard for Mike Tomlin to deny that an addition of a seven-time Pro Bowler to his team’s defense is going to be a huge boost. The Steelers are just 27th in the NFL against the pass with 282.3 passing yards allowed per contest.
Peterson reportedly wants out of Arizona, which is struggling to get wins this season and is very much likely going to miss the boat to the postseason.
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