It wasn’t pretty, but the Pittsburgh Steelers found a way to win an important football game on the road Sunday. They defeated the New York Jets 34-32 in the season opener.
Aaron Rodgers threw for four touchdowns, carrying the team on a day the highest-paid defense in the NFL had no answers for the Jets’ run game. With some of those struggles against the run came missed tackles.
Fortunately, it wasn’t all that bad for the Steelers in the tackling department for a season-opening matchup. Last season against the Atlanta Falcons in the season opener, the Steelers missed 7 tackles in an 18-10 win.