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It’s a mistake to play overly aggressive defense against Kansas City
I’m not entirely sure what opposing defensive coaches are seeing on film when they prepare for the Chiefs, but I’m continually floored by the amount of man coverages that have been thrown at Patrick Mahomes over the last few weeks. Pittsburgh was at the tail end of a brutal stretch of three games in 11 days, and I want to give Steelers defensive coordinator Teryl Austin some grace under those circumstances—but the Steelers’ man-heavy game plan set themselves up for failure.