One of the Steelers biggest defensive weaknesses last year was being attacked over the middle of the field. Vince Williams and Jon Bostic were both limited defenders in coverage and opposing offenses had success attacking both LBs and rookie Safety Terrell Edmunds with TEs.
As Terrell Edmunds improved and L.J. Fort started taking more snaps from the ILBs and Morgan Burnett the targets to TEs decreased.
In the first 5 games opposing TEs were targeted 56 times for 524 yards, over 11 times per game. The rest of the season TEs would be targeted 55 times for 444 yards.