Turnovers and missed tackles make for a losing recipe, and the Pittsburgh Steelers tasted that bitter concoction Sunday night on the road in Buffalo against the red-hot Bills at Orchard Park.
Pittsburgh turned the football over twice on two Ben Roethlisberger interceptions – one of which was pick-six near the end of the first half, and turned in a season-worst performance in the tackling department, aided by four misses on special teams.
Let’s take a look.
Total missed tackles at Bills — 12
Cam Sutton – 2
Stephon Tuitt – 1 (missed sack)
Tyson Alualu – 1
Marcus Allen – 1
Mike Hilton – 1
Alex Highsmith – 1
Minkah Fitzpatrick – 1
Henry Mondeaux – 1 (special teams)
Jordan Dangerfield – 1 (special teams)
Jayrone Elliott – 1 (special teams)
Ola Adeniyi – 1 (special teams)
Season Total — 97 (7.