Steelers CB William Gay may be most remembered for being on the wrong end of a collision with Vikings RB Adrian Peterson in Week Seven. However, the way we hear it, Gay has had a fine season otherwise. A willing tackler who notched a career-high nine tackles vs. Minnesota, Gay has been a capable replacement for the departed Bryant McFadden, who signed with Arizona in the offseason. Neither Gay nor LCB Ike Taylor (whose hands have long been panned) had made an interception entering Week Nine, but the Steelers' pass defense had help up well all the same, even with SS Troy Polamalu missing four games early in the season and teams attempting 37 passes per game in Pittsburgh's first seven games. "They just get solid ballplayers on the back end who don't make mistakes," said one evaluator, speaking on condition of anonymity, of Pittsburgh's cornerbacks.

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