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Steelers 2015 Points of Emphasis: Successful stops on 1st and 2nd down

While the 2014 season can be called a success for the Pittsburgh Steelers in many ways -- especially when compared to the preceding three seasons -- there are several obvious improvements the team could make in 2015 simply by making a few, fundamental concepts points of emphasis. In part three, we will take a look at finding defensive success on first and second downs.

Let's do a little math here.

Six.

So, what is six multiplied by two? Twelve. And a team needs 10 yards for a first down under normal circumstances.

But wait: what's this statistic?