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After Trying To ‘Reinvent Stuff’ In Middle Of 2024, Patrick Queen Says Defense Has ‘Much More Detail’ Entering 2025

One reason for the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defensive collapse might be the unit trying to reinvent the wheel midseason. With a group that looked lost and a shell of itself, a top unit the first half of the season, linebacker Patrick Queen expects to avoid the pitfalls that ruined the group a year ago.

“The whole detail of the defense is so much better than it was last year from top to bottom,” Queen told Nightcap’s Chad Johnson and Shannon Sharpe in a Monday night interview. “And I think that’s the biggest thing is, like I said, we was trying to reinvent stuff going into few games at the end of the season last year.