Wouldn’t it be nice to take one of the best players on the opposing team every week and add him to the team moving forward? While that sounds more like a new Madden feature than a real-life scenario, throughout the season this series will do just that. We are looking for the player that not only is the best player on the team but the best particular fit on the Steelers.

This player will hypothetically jump right in and play out the rest of the season and his contract on the team. The value of the contract, age, the future impact of the team and scheme fit will all matter. For week one and the Washington Redskins, the best fit is Ryan Kerrigan.

Many in Steelers nation will spit out their coffee at the thought of passing on a stud cornerback like Josh Norman. However, if there is anything the Steelers have shown in the past, it is that a strong front seven and pass rush creates a stronger secondary. In Kerrigan, the Steelers would get one of the most underrated edge rushers in the NFL.

While Norman still has the possibility of being a one-year wonder after exploding onto the scene in 2015, Kerrigan has been a consistent rock on the Washington defense. Kerrigan has started all sixteen games in each of his five NFL seasons. In that span, he has averaged 9.5 sacks per season and posted a career-high 13.5 sacks in 2014. Last season, he posted 9.5 sacks. Cam Heyward lead the Steelers in sacks in 2015 with seven. James Harrison lead outside linebackers with five.

Both Kerrigan and Norman signed a five-year deal this offseason and will be locked in until 2020. Kerrigan will make $57.5 million over that span while Norman will make $75. Add in the injury to Bud Dupree, the end of a career coming to Harrison and an impending free agency of Jarvis Jones and the idea of adding a proven pass rusher locked into a new contract would be ideal.

Both Norman and Kerrigan are at age 28, but the consistency, cost, and position value point to Kerrigan. So while Steelers nation has wanted a star-studded cornerback for a while now, the player in which they should want to add from the Washington roster is Kerrigan.