If you are a particularly observant spectator on game day for the Pittsburgh Steelers—or if you are a regular reader of this site—you may have noticed a shift over the course of the last several weeks of the 2015 regular season on the defensive side of the ball.
It was not a shift in terms of personnel—although that occurred as well—but rather a shift in personnel packages. And it was one that, should it continue, 10th-year inside linebacker Lawrence Timmons might not be very thrilled about.
In the regular season opener, new defensive coordinator Keith Butler looked to attack the spread New England offense by liberally sprinkling in instances of a dime defense, or what they refer to as a quarter defense, that includes three cornerbacks and three safeties.