Right away in the Wild Card matchup against the Baltimore Ravens, it was clear that the Pittsburgh Steelers had made some schematic changes defensively in an effort to try and find a way to slow down Baltimore’s high-powered rushing attack.
One of those changes was crashing hard on the running back, whether it was Derrick Henry or Justice Hill, in the read-option game, which in turn would give Lamar Jackson a clean, wide-open edge if he wanted to pull the football.
It took a few plays, but once Jackson realized what the Steelers were doing with OLBs T.