Although the Pittsburgh Steelers made the playoffs last year, it felt like one of their most disappointing seasons in recent memory. That’s mainly because they lost their final five games, including their postseason bout. It wasn’t just that the Steelers lost, either. Much of the frustration was because they were getting crushed. Most of those games weren’t even close. Steelers defensive lineman Breiden Fehoko has his own theory about why the team collapsed like that.
“I can’t speak for everyone, but [in my opinion] depth played a huge role,” Fehoko wrote Wednesday on Twitter. “Volume plays a big role in January, and you gotta be able to roll out 1-2 punch combos at every position outside of QB and OL.