Sunday’s loss to the New England Patriots might have been frustrating for a large contingent of Steelers Nation, but for the first time in a few weeks the Pittsburgh Steelers defense did a solid job of tackling the catch and limiting the big plays by not missing many open field tackles.
I know, I’m probably reaching here, but after the debacle that was the Miami Dolphins loss, the Steelers bounced back in a big way in the tackling department against the Patriots.
Total Missed Tackles vs. Patriots — 8
Ryan Shazier — 2 Total Missed Tackles in 2016 — 84 (average of 12 per game) Sean Davis — 9 Special Teams Missed Tackles in 2016 — 4 Steven Johnson — 1 The eight missed tackles aren’t overly bad when looking at them just based on the sheer number of them, considering some awful weeks that the Steelers have had in that department, but against the Patriots the biggest thing with the missed tackles was when they occurred, which largely came in the second half on both New England touchdown drives to really salt the game away.
Artie Burns — 2
William Gay — 1
Stephon Tuitt — 1
Ross Cockrell — 1
Lawrence Timmons — 1
Artie Burns — 9
Mike Mitchell 8
Stephon Tuitt — 8
Vince Williams — 7
Lawrence Timmons — 7
William Gay — 7
Ross Cockrell — 7
Ryan Shazier — 6
Jarvis Jones — 3
Robert Golden — 2
Arthur Moats — 1
Cameron Heyward — 1
LJ Fort — 1
Anthony Chickillo — 1
Jordan Dangerfield — 1
Ricardo Matthews — 1
Javon Hargrave — 1
Sammie Coates — 1
Tyler Matakevich — 1
Justin Gilbert — 1