I know that generally speaking, you aren’t huge fans of the Pittsburgh Steelers selecting Artie Burns in the first round. I can understand that, and we have plenty of time to discuss it, but I want to focus on some of the positivies here. Because believe it or not, they exist.
This Steelers defense has made slight deviations away from Dick LeBeau. One of the several is its increase in Cover 2. This started, as you’d expect, back in training camp with Mike Tomlin working closely with the defensive backs on their zone press technique – jam and sink.