Derrick Henry entered the Week 7 matchup with the Pittsburgh Steelers leading the league in rushing with 588 yards in 5 games, an average of 117.6 yards per game. The Steelers entered the matchup allowing 66.2 rushing yards per game, the lowest in the NFL. Like the previous week when the Steelers faced the No. 1 rushing team in the NFL, the Cleveland Browns, something had to give.
And like the Week 6 blowout of the Cleveland Browns, it wasn’t the Steelers run defense that broke.
The Steelers did a fantastic job swarming to the football, winning matchups and getting multiple tacklers to Derrick Henry all game, a true team effort that held the best running back in the NFL in check, and led the Steelers to another win.