The Pittsburgh Steelers’ kick return game took a step back Sunday. And I’ll preface this by noting there are always several layers involved in a unit-wide breakdown, but largely, the issue stemmed from poor blocking. Not Dri Archer. We’ll examine the two today.
It’s important to note, and Mike Tomlin even brought this up in today’s presser, Cedric Peerman made tackles on both plays we’ll look at. Peerman is their top special teamer and the fact he was able to meet Archer before the 20 on both occassions speaks to the blocking issue before even turning on the tape.