The Steelers 24-17 head-scratching loss to the Broncos at High Mile Stadium on Sunday was one in which you could place blame in many different directions.
That is, of course, if you don’t value the takeaway—a statistic the defense clearly hasn’t valued since 2011.
But lack of takeaways, aside, it’s hard to affix blame for Sunday’s loss on Keith Butler’s unit, not when the 24 points his guys allowed should have been good enough for a lopsided victory.
No, yielding 24 points doesn’t exactly remind one of the ‘76 Steelers (or, for the younger people—like, even me—the ‘08 edition), but if you watched the game, you know that amount should have been more than enough to obtain victory.