The Pittsburgh Steelers’ ‘Blitzburgh’ mantra and history is well-documented but has unfortunately been absent in recent years. Here’s how the Steelers have stacked up leaguewide in sacks since 2017:
As you can see, Pittsburgh’s defense was comfortably above 50 sacks consistently, but has fallen short of that ideal mark the last three seasons:
2017: 56 sacks (first)
2018: 52 sacks (T-first)
2019: 54 sacks (first)
2020: 56 sacks (first)
2021: 55 sacks (first)
2022: 40 sacks (T-14th)
2023: 47 sacks (T-11th)
2024: 40 sacks (T-16th)
The Steelers had five straight seasons with 50-plus sacks from 2017-2021, tops in the league each year.