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Hoke Wonders If Defensive Coaches Are Getting Through To Players

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Why is the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense struggling? That’s the multi-million-dollar question on everyone’s mind in Pittsburgh right now. Is it the players or the coaches/scheme at fault?

On paper, the Steelers have a talented defense. But some of their big-name players aren’t producing at the level people expected. Miscommunication had been a major problem, not just this year but in recent memory. How much of that is a player problem and how much of it is a coaching problem? Former Steelers DL Chris Hoke wonders if it’s the latter.

“You gotta coach the details,” Hoke said Thursday on the Pomp And Joe Show on 93.