After a few weeks of appearing to fix their issues in the secondary, the Pittsburgh Steelers were right back to blowing coverages and allowing chunk yardage at inopportune moments in their Week 12 loss to the Chicago Bears. This has gone on in Pittsburgh for quite some time, extending to the last season or two, and players always end up reverting to the same explanation.
“Just communication, that’s the number one thing,” CB Brandin Echols said during his Monday media availability. “Everybody [being] detailed in what they doing. Everybody’s just doing they jobs.”
Defensive coordinator Teryl Austin has even admitted the need to simplify things at multiple points this season.