An awful lot of people have put forth an awful lot of opinions over the course of the past several days in explaining what the Pittsburgh Steelers should have done in order to beat the Patriots in the AFC Championship game.
The assumption that each suggestion takes is believing that the Steelers didn’t attempt to do these things. The reality is often that they tried to do these things and failed. I wrote earlier in the week that the coaching staff’s choice to shy away from man coverage through much of the game was a result of them getting burned when they tried it.