Jalen Ramsey playing safety wasn’t the only difference in the last line of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense. The coverage the defense played was a major shift, too. Hurting at safety with injury and illness and hurting on defense in pride, Pittsburgh looked like a different defense Sunday in style and substance.
Per NextGenStats, that was accomplished by changing the defensive shell. Normally a one-high team, the Steelers greeted QB Daniel Jones with nearly 50-percent split safety, generally meaning two-high, looks in their 27-20 win.
In Week 9, the Steelers defense showed a significant shift in coverage tendencies, using split-safety coverage on a season-high 46.