After two bad outings defending the run in a row, the Pittsburgh Steelers are taking on another run heavy team on Sunday in the Carolina Panthers. With defensive lineman Chris Wormley out with an ACL injury the task of stopping the run becomes even more difficult.
Speaking to Bob Pompeani on the Mike Tomlin show, broadcasted on the Steelers YouTube channel, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin said he believes the best way to stop the Panthers run game is to put them in a hole early.
“They’ve [Carolina] leaned on it [the run game] the last two weeks because they’ve been in control of games and they’ve had leads,” said Tomlin.