Yeah well when they have been in position, they still don't make the play, they led the league in dropped ints in 2018 .
Please Steelers be very careful.
There is some decent talent there. Plug a couple of holes and I think we could be fairly good in defense. Just my opinion. Definitely need playmakers in the backfield.
And if somehow Butler and Tomlin can have the boys ready to play every week I think our talent on D can be solid and easily carried by the O. We will know right away if we see the D all running around pointing and barking at each other when the ball is snapped.
I saw a lot of it early this year and then it calmed down. Another reason why Shazier was such a loss!
I think we got off topic here from the OP. This could be a stand alone post?
That's the problem with this defense, they rely on the O to carry them. They need to want the O to rely on them. Big Ben has a tendency to implode for awhile just about every game I've seen him play lately.
The O shoukd be setting the tone in games and we see them floundering around way more than they should ,especially early in games. To me that's a lack of proper gameplanning and preparation. Which leads to sub par performances.