Cornerback Ike Taylor was now-former defensive coordinator Dick LeBeau’s top cover man during the Steelers’ most-recent Super Bowl runs in the mid-2000s.
Age has caught up to Taylor, however, and he’s truly been one of the most-victimized cornerbacks over the past couple seasons, getting burned at will on the outside. The Steelers were forced to bench him in Week 14 last season, two games after returning from a broken forearm that forced Taylor to miss eight games.
Now the soon-to-be 35-year-old seems to know his playing days are likely over after he hasn’t drawn a sniff of interest on the free-agent market, not even from LeBeau’s cornerback-desperate Titans.
Taylor said he’s now pursuing possibilities in the television business with NFL Network and NFL Films. It’s the same path Taylor’s former defensive-back teammate, Ryan Clark, has chosen since announcing his retirement earlier this offseason after spending the 2014 season with the Redskins.
