As a whole last season, the Pittsburgh Steelers defense can probably be best described as being average. While the unit did register a league-best 52 total sacks last season, the 15 total takeaways that they registered in 2018 was the third-lowest in the league and a franchise low at that. The Steelers defense did, however, only allow a 5.3 yard per play average last season and only five other defenses had a lower number than that. One last positive statistic concerning the Steelers 2018 defense comes courtesy of Next Gen Stats.
As pointed out on Wednesday on ‘Total Access’, the Steelers defense ranked 4th overall in the league last season in total success rates.