When the Pittsburgh Steelers entered this 2015 campaign, many no doubt expected that there would not be a significant margin between how many points the offense scored, and how many points the defense allowed, also referred to as net points.
Halfway through the season, the Steelers have just a +21 points differential, scoring 168 points (a figure that includes a pick six), while giving up 147 points. That figure ranks 12th in the league, nearly 100 points behind the Patriots, and 45 points behind the AFC North-leading Bengals.
But the road to this reality is not the one that we expected when we first started.