The Pittsburgh Steelers kick return team is bad. Real bad. So bad that Mike Tomlin opted to kick off after winning Sunday’s overtime coin toss, placing more trust in his defense for an offensive-driven world than dare hope his KR team could get out past the 25. His concern was well-founded. On the team’s three KRs Sunday, they averaged 14 yards, never getting past the 15 yard line.
It’s clear some changes gotta be made. To know what those might be, you gotta check the tape. So let’s do that and examine what went wrong on all three failures.