Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League.
Today, it’s the changing tune from Alex Highsmith and others about the reasons for the Steelers’ highest-paid NFL defense for falling well short of its of stated goals. For most of the last few years, the fingers were pointed inside the locker room when it comes to the shortcomings, but there’s been a subtle shift in the messaging now that Patrick Graham has taken over, and there’s hope that he could be a major improvement for that unit.
Alan breaks it down:
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