Ask virtually anybody in the Pittsburgh Steelers organization about former senior defensive assistant Brian Flores’ impact on the team and they will rush to sing his praises. To a man, everybody certainly sounded disappointed that they lost him to a promotion after just one season.
But do any of them think the defense is suddenly going to fall apart without him? No. After all, he wasn’t the defensive coordinator. As Bob Labriola points out in today’s Asked and Answered installment, “Both Coach Mike Tomlin and defensive coordinator Teryl Austin were very involved in the improvement and the success the defense showed during the course of the 2022 season”.