Patrick Queen said the quiet part out loud on Sunday afternoon after the Pittsburgh Steelers’ loss to the Chicago Bears and pointed to schematic issues for some of the defense’s biggest blunders in the game. His remarks were like throwing fuel on a media firestorm given the defense’s historically poor pace this season.
Cam Heyward was asked for his opinion on the matter before practice on Wednesday.
“It’s not just schematic,” Heyward said in a clip posted by Pittsburgh Post-Gazette’s Brian Batko on X. “I think we all have to take accountability.