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Steelers News: In the playoffs, Pittsburgh rush defense becomes paramount

Regardless of who the Pittsburgh Steelers play in the AFC Divisional Round of the playoffs, all three teams are capable of running the football. Whether it is the Kansas City Chiefs with Kareem Hunt, the Tennessee Titans with Derrick Henry or the Jacksonville Jaguars’ three-headed monster of Leonard Fournette, Chris Ivory and T.J. Yeldon.

All three can run the football well, and if you are honest with yourself, the Steelers have struggled in this department at times this season.

When Dick LeBeau was the defensive coordinator in the Steel City, he would always say the same thing over and over again — stop the run, make them one dimensional.