Much like the offense, it was a tale of two halves for the Detroit Lions defense against the Pittsburgh Steelers. Though the Lions were able to get Ben Roethlisberger off the field quickly the first time around, the Steelers quarterback did whatever he wanted with the defense in the following drives.
However, when the Lions’ reserves came in, they seemed to hold up decently well in the second half. Pittsburgh scored just six second-half points on Saturday night, but they also just punted once all game.
The Lions' defense needs to be better, but let’s take a closer look at which positions succeeded and which ones did not.