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Steelers Would Be Wise To Unplug Mesh Charge Tomorrow Afternoon

Keith Butler and the Pittsburgh Steelers employ a gameplan against the Baltimore Ravens they don’t use against any other offense. Of course, few teams run an offense like Baltimore’s. A run-centric mindset in a pass-happy world, filled with great athletes at quarterback and running back.

For the last two games, Week 17 of 2019 and Week 8 this year, the Steelers’ defense have used a “mesh charge” on the QB. Robert Griffin III last year, Lamar Jackson this season. A method of attacking the QB at every mesh point so the player can’t be “read” like a traditional zone/read scheme.