The Pittsburgh Steelers have been a bit of a statistical anomaly this year. They boast a 5-3 record and hold the top Wild-Card seed in the AFC playoff race while every team they’ve faced has put together a better offensive performance than them. Their defense ranks second in the league in turnovers forced (16) as well as 13th in points allowed but is second-worst in football in total yards allowed along with being second-worst in the league in three-and-out rate.
A lot of these stats don’t make a lot of sense for a team that is on the inside looking out of the playoff hunt thus far, and Jordan Dajani of CBS Sports tends to agree.