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Will Getting Alualu And Hilton Back Help Fix Run Defense? ‘I Hope So’, Says Keith Butler

The Pittsburgh Steelers allowed 412 yards on the ground over the course of the first six games of the 2020 regular season, averaging 68.8 yards rushing allowed per game. No opponent had managed to put up more than 104 yards rushing in a single game, and that was the only 100-yard game in that stretch.

Things have taken a very different turn over the course of the past two weeks facing the Baltimore Ravens and the Dallas Cowboys. They nearly matched their six-game total of rushing yards allowed in one third of the time, surrendering 409 yards on the ground over the past two weeks—265 for the Ravens and 144 for the Cowboys.