As we do every season, we’re taking a step back and reviewing all the sacks the Pittsburgh Steelers allowed in 2021. Unfortunately, there were far too many of them this season, 38 in the regular season (plus another two in the Wild Card loss, though we won’t be including those in the numbers below).
A virtually brand new offensive line, this group struggled in comparison to past units, even last year’s aging group.
Below, we’ll recap where we assigned the sack blame this season and get into some other data points worth mentioning. We’ll also do the same for penalties.