Looking at the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense there are two statistics that stick out for not matching up with one another. Pittsburgh ranks fifth in the league in points allowed, allowing an average of 17 per game. However, the defense tells a different story when it comes to total yards allowed as the Steelers rank 25th in football, allowing nearly 325 yards a game.
Part of that is due to Pittsburgh’s run defense, which was porous earlier in the season but has shaped up in recent weeks. It also has to do with the number of explosive plays Pittsburgh was allowing through the air on a weekly basis to start the year, the likes of WRs Brandon Aiyuk, Nico Collins, and Davante Adams torching them through the first four weeks of the season.