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Steelers Kevin Colbert Talks Cover-2, Defensive Philosophy

There’s been a lot of discussion as of late that has centered around the Pittsburgh Steelers running more cover-2 this upcoming season on defense and a few days ago, general manager was asked by Bob Labriola during an interview on Steelers Nation Radio to give his thoughts on the two-deep safety coverage.

“We were talking about it the other day, it was really a defense that evolved as the West Coast offense evolved,” said Colbert. “It was more designed to take away a lot of those elements and it goes to back to Bud Carson.