In the 2000s, the Pittsburgh Steelers added two Super Bowl trophies to their collection. The addition of Ben Roethlisberger was a big reason for that. However, the Steelers’ defense was still arguably the best part of their team. Players like Troy Polamalu and James Harrison made big plays at the right time, smothering opposing offenses. Former Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson recently stated that those defenses, along with the Baltimore Ravens’ of that era, were the hardest to solve.
“The Ravens and the Steelers from the 2000s, that 2000s era, all that Cover 2, and they had all type of exotic stuff that just, it was confusing,” Johnson said recently on his Nightcap podcast.