PITTSBURGH -- It's easy to cite the Pittsburgh Steelers' franchise-record 56 sacks and a top-five scoring defense for much of the year as positive steps in a defensive rebuild. But while the defense produced enough to help win 13 games, the failure to translate those improvements to the postseason leaves lingering questions for a group stocked with former first-round picks.
Never was that more evident than when the Steelers bit on a play-action, leaving fullback Tommy Bohanon wide open in the end zone for a 14-yard score with 4 minutes, 19 seconds left in Sunday's AFC divisional-round defeat to the Jacksonville Jaguars.