The Pittsburgh Steelers spent much of the 2020 season leading the NFL in takeaways. But after failing to turn the ball over via the defense or special teams in two of the past three games—all three of those games resulting in losses—they are not leading anymore.
They’re still second, granted, but the number of turnovers you had before doing into a game doesn’t help you win the next one. And over the past three weeks, they have lost the turnover battle twice and twice it just one time.
In fact, it’s been five weeks since they won the turnover battle, something that they have done eight times this year in their 11 victories, only losing the turnover battle once during that initial 11-game run, which was Ben Roethlisberger’s three-interception game against the Tennessee Titans.