The Pittsburgh Steelers’ running game experience a midseason deluge, during which they found it difficult to pick up efficient chunks of yardage per carry. Whether they abandoned the run or continued to stick with it, the ground game was not producing, although it must be admitted that the run game in those instances was going up against quality run defenses.
The team put greater emphasis on the run game over the course of the past two games, however, not just in terms of the plays being called, but also in the personnel being used, and there is understandably clear evidence in the end results that this emphasis yielded positive results.