After the Steelers’ loss to the Patriots in the AFC Championship last year, all you heard from fans was a lot of moaning about the team’s inability to adjust and abandon their zone defensive schemes and play more man coverage.
The vast majority realized the team didn’t possess the defensive backs to perform such a task but, in 2017, after the acquisition of Joe Haden, they certainly have the personnel to get the job done.
But they aren’t.
The team is still leans heavily on the zone schemes which Mike Tomlin and Keith Butler have become comfortable with, and fans shouldn’t expect a change anytime soon.