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Keith Bulter ranked as one of the NFL’s best defensive play callers

Just when I thought all the various position rankings were over from Pro Football Focus, yet another one comes onto the scene. This time, PFF has graced us with a list involving coaches as they released their top six defensive play callers going into the 2021 NFL season.

On the list was Steelers’ defensive coordinator Keith Butler who came in at the third spot. Here is the explanation of the selection according to PFF:

The Steelers tied for second in the NFL in yards per play allowed while generating pressure and knocking down the quarterback both at a rate roughly four percentage points higher than any other defense in 2020.