The Pittsburgh Steelers may have had some glaring deficiencies on the defensive side of the ball yesterday—none more obvious than the inability to contain the perimeter on outside zone runs, which accounted for the vast majority of Miami’s 200-plus rushing yards, but it can at least be said that they played well enough to allow the sputtering offense to crawl close late in the game and make it a one-possession game.
The defense yielded over 400 yards by that point, but the fact is that they only surrendered 23 points on the road, which is not necessarily too bad.