I talked about the topic so much during the offseason that it would only be fair to bring it up following Sunday’s five takeaway performance against the San Francisco 49ers.
Kudos to the Pittsburgh Steelers‘ defense in at least one respect. They’re taking the football away. A lot.
Make it seven takeaways through three games, all of which have come over the last two weeks. That’s tied second in the NFL, only trailing the Green Bay Packers, who have managed eight.
Put that number in context. That’s nearly half of what the defense did last season when they finished with a lowly 15 of them.