As we’ll do every week to get you ready for the upcoming game, our X-Factor of the week. Sometimes it’s a player, unit, concept, or scheme. Here’s our X-Factor for Monday night’s Week Two game against the Cleveland Browns.
X-FACTOR: P Pressley Harvin III
Yup. It’s Week Two and I’m already talking about special teams. If Pittsburgh is going to beat Cleveland, it’s going to be a close game. To win close games, field position is critical. Harvin and the entire Steelers’ punt coverage unit was below-the-line in Sunday’s opener against San Francisco, one of the many things that went wrong.