From the brief glimpse we saw of the key Pittsburgh Steelers offensive starters in Friday night's preseason 23-21 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, it's clear that side of the ball is able to pick up where it left off in 2014. The defense, though, looked very much like a work-in-progress.
In the first half, when the Steelers' active defensive starters were primarily on the field, the defense allowed 206 total Jaguars yards. While stout against the run as a whole, allowing just 47 run yards on 13 carries, for a 3.6 yards-per-carry average, there were sloppy tackling attempts that resulted in numerous Jaguars runs chewing up far too much yardage for comfort.