Denial isn’t just a river in Egypt… Stop me if you haven’t heard this one before.
The Pittsburgh Steelers’ special teams’ units are not just average to below average so far through two games of the preseason. They’ve been this way for a long time. If you choose to deny that by throwing out some numbers like opponents’ kick return average then you don’t really understand special teams.
Through two games, the unit has already given up several sizeable returns on both punt and kick coverage but the naysayers will say, “These are largely guys who won’t even be on the roster in a few weeks.