Blocking and tackling. Those are football’s core elements. The Steelers did little of either in Sunday’s loss to the Philadelphia Eagles. Speaking to reporters Tuesday, a host of Steelers’ defensive players offered the same rationale for their defeat.
“We kind of beat ourselves,” CB Beanie Bishop Jr. said via the team website Tuesday. “We can’t go out there and play less physical than guys. We missed a lot of tackles and things like that. We got guys to the ball but weren’t making the tackles. Communication is key. We weren’t communicating as well as we have been in past weeks.