For as much as the Pittsburgh Steelers offense and quarterback Ben Roethlisberger are in the crosshairs right now, the reality is that the bigger problem on the night, at least in my opinion, is the fact that the defense failed in virtually every area.
The offense didn’t help by spotting the Cleveland Browns five turnovers, including one for a direct touchdown, and some short fields that led to points, but the fact of the matter is that the defense played uniformly awful, uncharacteristic football that kept putting the score out of reach whenever the offense got close.
The defense allowed the Browns offense got get into the end zone three times in the first quarter alone, not even including the defensive touchdown scored.