The Pittsburgh Steelers have suffered a number of key injuries on defense this season. It has mostly been up the middle of the defense as ILBs Kwon Alexander, Cole Holcomb, and more recently Elandon Roberts have missed time. The safety group has also been dangerously thin lately with Minkah Fitzpatrick, Trenton Thompson, Keanu Neal, and Damontae Kazee unavailable to the team. Guys were pulled out of retirement or off the practice squad like ILB Myles Jack and S Eric Rowe, but the team found a way to keep it together on defense.
Over the course of their three-game losing streak, the Steelers allowed 25 points per game, but despite missing additional players they managed to get that number down to 17 points per game over their last two wins.