Week Three against Chicago was about as ugly as it gets. Not just in the final score, an upset loss to the lowly Bears, but in the volume of missed tackles. By our count, the Pittsburgh Steelers missed 23 that day, as high as our Josh Carney has ever tracked.
Last week against Baltimore was much better, missing only 12, with several of those coming late with the win already locked up. Talking about the game, and improvement in that area, several Steelers have said they went back to the basics of tackling.
“When we played Chicago we had a poor outing when it came to tackling,” Ryan Shazier told the media.