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Lack Of Chances Reason For Steelers Lack Of Pass Rush, Says Tomlin

Last Sunday, Steelers fans everywhere were forced to witness exactly how the team’s starting defense would perform minus the reigning DPOY of the league, and it wasn’t pretty. For a team that’s led the league in sacks for five consecutive years, the mere fact that they not only didn’t log one single sack of Patriots quarterback Mac Jones, but didn’t seem to even come close all afternoon should be worrisome. Not only that, the team knew exactly what the Patriots plan was near the end of the game, which was pound it down their throat, and the team had no way of stopping it.