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Steelers Could Follow Coverage Blueprint From Last Year’s Win Over Colts Backup

Forgive me in advance for the excruciatingly obvious pun that will follow.

The last two times the Indianapolis Colts have faced the Pittsburgh Steelers, they have run short on Luck—that is, their franchise quarterback, Andrew Luck, who, including today’s game, will now make it back-to-back seasons in which he has missed a game against Pittsburgh.

And the last time that happened, the Steelers had a specific way of targeting Luck’s backup. When the Steelers faced Matt Hasselbeck to open the game, they did not use the “sic ‘em” strategy of sending a heavy dose of blitzes down his throat.