Even with high-profile pickups like QB Aaron Rodgers, WR DK Metcalf, and rookie RB Kaleb Johnson, the Pittsburgh Steelers remain defined by defense. That much is true through the first five practices of training camp. The offense has had its moments, and will have more the rest of the summer, but the defense has won nearly every single day and certainly leads in aggregate.
Against the run? The defense has swarmed. Yesterday is a great example. Inside linebacker Mark Robinson was around the ball so much Arthur Smith might as well been relaying the plays to him instead of quarterbacks.