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Defense Looking For More With Ball In Their Hands: ‘When We Get A Pick, We’ve Got To Score’

The Pittsburgh Steelers may not have created five takeaways on Sunday, but they did record five. Three of them came from unforced errors by the San Francisco 49ers offense, including two botched exchanges. Minkah Fitzpatrick, their newest player, forced a fumble and also recorded an interception off of a pass defensed by Joe Haden.

Though their first two takeaways put the offense in scoring position, they were hardly able to generate any yardage, and had to settle for field goals on both occasions. In fact, those six points were all that they scored on the five possessions given to the offense off of turnovers.