The Pittsburgh Steelers’ philosophy in Sunday night’s loss to the Cleveland Browns wasn’t so much on scoring points. It was winning the field position battle, especially early in the game. In a lengthy Tik Tok live video, WR Chase Claypool offered clues into the Steelers’ early approach.
“What we wanted to emphasize was get that first first down,” Claypool said in his video. “Even if we didn’t get a first down after that, we’d get the defense good field position. And we know when the defense has good field position, they hold people up.”
Claypool is right to say the Steelers are a horrifically slow-starting team.