The often blunt Mike Tomlin is making no bones about the need for his team’s run defense to get better. A lot better. 32nd a year ago and historically poor, part of the Steelers’ winning formula in 2022 is improving its run defense. Appearing on Sirius’ Movin’ The Chains with the great Jim Miller and Pat Kirwan, Tomlin was frank about how bad the Steelers’ run defense was a year ago.
“Hey man, we sucked last year,” he told the show. “And part of fixing it is first acknowledging it. And then taking it personal.