Stop me if you’ve heard this before: the Steelers defense can’t stop the run, increasingly developing into an ongoing concern. For the second week to begin this season, they looked overmatched on the ground. And while it’s nauseating for fans, it’s that much worse for the players in the locker room.
“It’s not fun football right now”, T.J. Watt said, via the Steelers’ website, about the run defense’s current ineptitude. “We need to get back to doing what we do best, and that’s stopping the run first and foremost to create those longer down-and-distances”.