Bud Dupree missed the last 6 games of the 2020 season, and on the surface it is pretty easy to take the record with Bud Dupree (11-0) and compare it to the record without Bud Dupree (1-5) and say the Steelers were better with Bud Dupree than they were without. We are going to go beyond that, look at team defensive numbers to see the difference in the end result, and also what parts of the Steelers defense struggled or improved when Bud Dupree was not playing.
We’re going to start back at 2014, Dick LeBeau’s last season as defensive coordinator.