As we will do every Saturday to get you ready for the week’s game, our X Factor of the week. Sometimes it’s a player, unit, concept, or scheme. Our first X Factor article of the season, the key area to watch in Sunday afternoon’s contest with the Seattle Seahawks.
X Factor: Alejandro Villanueva
Last week, we pointed to Randy Fichtner and Keith Butler as X-Factors. And I think we were on the money with that choice, even if the opposite of the goal happened. Both coordinator’s called terrible games and the Steelers paid the price.