Whether it’s 2025 or 1975, the top priority of the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense has remained the same. Stop the run. After getting rolled to 299 yards by the Baltimore Ravens ground game in the Steelers’ Wild Card loss and generally being ineffective at stopping the run during the team’s five-game losing streak, Art Rooney II wants the team to get back to the franchise’s roots.
Multiple times during a Monday interview with a gaggle of team beat writers, Rooney made it clear Pittsburgh’s defense must get better up front.
“I am not a defensive coach, so I can’t go into great detail on our defensive schemes,” Rooney said in comments aired by 93.