He’s not a big name, tends to lurk in the shadows and quietly goes about his business scheming up ways to disrupt opposing offenses.
Yet despite his strong resume and the success that the Pittsburgh Steelers have had defensively in recent years, defensive coordinator Teryl Austin doesn’t get much love when it comes to the top coordinators on that side of the football.
Pro Football Focus’s Zoltan Buday tried to put an end to that Monday morning, ranking the Steelers’ third-year defensive coordinator, who signed a two-year extension in January to remain in the Steel City, among the top 10 best defensive coordinators in the NFL.