The 2016 AFC Championship game was a text book example of what NOT to do if you want to beat Tom Brady and the New England Patriots. The Steelers were handed a humiliating loss and Butler was totally ineffective in stopping Brady as they were handed a crushing 17 to 35 loss. The Steelers were never really in the game. They were out coached and outplayed in all phases of the game but Butler’s defense’s weaknesses were laid bare for all the world to see.
Last year, the Steelers ran Cover 2 Zone Under or some other zone cover package 70% to 80% of the time and repeatedly got burned.