Building the modern NFL team revolves around three crucial aspects: finding a quarterback, finding players to stop the quarterback from passing, and finding players to stop the quarterback’s passes. Finding a quarterback remains the most challenging and valuable task to accomplish, but the other two can vary depending on who you talk to.
On Sunday, the Bengals had two these aspects working for them against the Steelers, but the absence of one hurt them more than I previously thought.
The Bengals failed to sack quarterback Ben Roethlisberger on his 46 dropbacks.