The Pittsburgh Steelers haven’t had a lot go right in the first half of the 2022 season.
They lost reigning DPOY and perennial All-Pro pass rusher T.J. Watt Week 1 of the season to a pec injury that landed him on IR, causing him to miss every game Pittsburgh has played to that point. The defense has failed to generate any pressure on the opposing passing game since Watt’s injury, leading to plenty of big plays being made through the air against a secondary that appears to be overmatched. The offense hasn’t been any better for a team that is second-to-last in points per game, lacking an identity and any semblance of explosiveness to move the football.