ORLANDO, Fla. — Considering how it started —with a 59-10 loss to the Ravens followed by a 43-0 defeat to the Patriots while with the Dolphins — Minkah Fitzpatrick’s season couldn’t have gone much better after that.



A surprising trade to the Steelers followed by a quick ascent to cult hero status finished with a Pro Bowl berth and a first-team All-Pro selection. That would have been hard to predict four months ago.



However, it wasn’t all filled with gold-colored roses. Take a closer look at Fitzpatrick’s season, and he didn’t come close to putting up all-star stats during the second half of the season. He was the first to point that out following Pro Bowl practice Thursday at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex.



And Fitzpatrick knows precisely why he was targeted only seven times over the final eight games.



“It wasn’t because I wasn’t doing my job, but it was because the quarterbacks...