Anybody who hoped that the insertion of a rookie first-round pick at quarterback was magically going to cure all that ails the Pittsburgh Steelers defense was in for a rude awakening when the team finally decided to play Kenny Pickett. The team has only won one game since he took over, and he didn’t even finish that game.
Granted, they only won one before that as well, and that win can nearly entirely be attributed to a defense that still had T.J. Watt. But whether it’s Pickett or Mitch Trubisky, the issues outside of the quarterback position have persisted.