The trade that brought safety Minkah Fitzpatrick to the Pittsburgh Steelers easily ranks among the best of Kevin Colbert’s tenure as general manager. In three seasons, Fitzpatrick has been named an All-Pro twice and in 2021 led the team in tackles. We already talked about where our friends over at Touchdown Wire ranked Fitzpatrick among the top safeties. Now let’s see what ESPN thinks.
Where TD Wire had Fitzpatrick ranked No. 11 on their rankings, ESPN was far more generous putting him at No. 2 behind only Denver Broncos safety Jeffrey Simmons. Here is what they had to say about it.