Of the many takeaways for the Pittsburgh Steelers from Sunday’s 41-10, Week 12 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, one of the biggest was a need to improve their game in defending the run. And on the other side of the ball, the ground game provided another of the game’s biggest takeaways, as Pittsburgh was shut down rushing for the second time this season by Cincinnati.
The game script, Pittsburgh trailing by multiple touchdowns very early in the game, played a part in limiting the Steelers’ rushing gameplan, but in the 15 carries the Steelers took, the team gained only 51 yards, one of their smallest outputs of the season.