For Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers, they needed 2+2 to equal five Sunday night against the Los Angeles Chargers. Entering the game with a defense missing TJ Watt, Joe Haden, and Minkah Fitzpatrick, rush and cover were impacted. It left the team with a dilemma. Rush more guys to pressure Justin Herbert or play conservative and help out a greener secondary? Pittsburgh chose the latter. Mike Tomlin wishes he could’ve chosen both.
Speaking with reporters Tuesday, Tomlin outlined why the team didn’t often blitz Herbert.
“We were less aggressive in some of our blitz game,” Tomlin said in his weekly presser, carried out via the team’s YouTube channel.