Last week I began my Steelers research and I was able to find this piece at Behind The Steel Curtain by 58Steel. It goes over the basic alignments we can expect to see against our offensive alignments on Sunday. One thing to note is his use of players who are gone from the Steelers franchise and some new faces he fails to mention. Like always I will go over personnel but I felt that it was important to note before we jump into the scheme:
Refresher on alignment numbering:
BASE:
We will begin with their classic “3-4 Okie”:Here we see the Steelers use a nose tackle and two defensive ends, aligned “head up” on their blockers.