Detroit was completely outplayed by Pittsburgh, top to bottom.
Defensive coordinator Kelvin Sheppard had a lot of excuses for his defense this past week.
Leading into their Week 16 game against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Sheppard told reporters that outside of a few poor performances against the run, their run defense overall was one he liked.
“You can’t play this game of taking plays away, but nobody, and I can stand on the table behind this, nobody has just lined up and ran the ball down our throats or made us like the run game.