After struggling mightily against the San Francisco 49ers’ defense Week One in a 30-7 loss at Acrisure Stadium, the Pittsburgh Steelers don’t exactly get to escape that style of defense the rest of the season.
Making the trip to Houston on Sunday in Week Four for a matchup with the Texans, Pittsburgh will have to deal with a similar scheme once again on the defensive side of the football as the Texans are running head coach DeMeco Ryans’ defense. Ryans, naturally, came over from San Francisco this offseason and brought the scheme with him.
Houston will deploy a 4-3 scheme with some impressive pass rushers and will play a lot of two-high safeties, taking away the deep ball.