The Pittsburgh Steelers defense recorded the most sacks in the NFL this past season. They also gave up the most rushing yards. According to former defensive coordinator Keith Butler, those two things may not have been entirely unrelated.
“Our defensive line was good in terms of sacks. You look at sacks, that’s fine, but a lot of times when you get sacks, you get up the field too much and you open up holes, bigger holes to run through”, he said when speaking on the Poni and Mueller Show on 93.7 The Fan earlier this week.