Steelers Vs Panthers Sack Breakdown

One blemish on the Steelers’ report card this week. Let’s take a look.

1. 3rd and 2, 9:02 1st. 12 personnel. Five block + running back check/release vs five man rush.

This one was tough for me. I know on first glance, it looks pretty obvious Fitzgerald Toussaint screws up here, the safety coming free and dropping Landry Jones. But I was trying to rack my brain for any other rationale because it seems like such a rookie mistake for a guy who has been in the league a little while now. And Toussaint even steps to the inside initially before releasing, as you’ll see in the GIF below.

But I can’t come up with another explanation. The safety rotates down late but Jones points him out and makes some…