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Putting numbers to just how much the loss of Ryan Shazier hurt the Steelers defense

Anyone who watches football and follows the Pittsburgh Steelers knows how bad the team’s defense missed Ryan Shazier after his back injury vs. the Bengals on the dreadful Monday night.

However, during the past few months the majority of the comments and remarks made have been of the very general variety.

“They sure did miss Shazier.”

“The Steelers just weren’t the same without No. 50.”

All very true comments, but what about specifics? What about exactly how bad the Steelers missed Shazier?

Matt Williamson provided just that when he tweeted the following on his verified Twitter account:

Some might see this and say, “Well it is just under 2-yards.