The Steelers rank 28th in the NFL in yards allowed per game, but that’s not the metric DC Teryl Austin uses to gauge the success of his unit. He talked about that a bit this past week and how he measures their success or failure. Of course, yards only convert to points if they wind up in the end zone, so there is obvious logic.
“I know everybody looks at yards allowed in terms of whether you’re a top defense or whatever, but I look at a lot of different things that determine” defensive success, Austin said, via the Steelers’ website.