The Pittsburgh Steelers went on a brutal five-game losing streak to end their 2024 campaign. Only one of those losses was close late into the fourth quarter, and aside from that close loss to the Cincinnati Bengals, the other four had something in common. Poor defensive play from Mike Tomlin and Teryl Austin’s unit.
The Steelers offense was humming when Russell Wilson originally took over, but it mellowed out quite a bit towards the end of the year. It certainly wasn’t explosive enough for the defense to be giving up as many points as they did. There’s obviously some blame going around to just about everyone involved in the defense’s struggles.