There’s something infectious about being able to be very good at what it is that you do. And right now, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense is showing signs of being very good at what they do. One of the things they’ve done more than everybody else short of the New England Patriots this season has bene taking the ball away.
Through nine games, they now have 26 takeaways, just one shy of an average of three per game. Two of them, one in each of the past two weeks, has actually come from special teams, but it’s been a long time since we’ve seen a Steelers defense so opportunistic as this.