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MICHAEL KISH FROM SARASOTA, FL: Why do you think Mike Tomlin/Teryl Austin have gotten away from our Blitzburgh past? Seems to me rushing 4 or 5 against an offense using 5 or 6 blockers in protection allows a quarterback too much time for his receivers to get open.
ANSWER: That's a question I cannot definitively answer, but my sense is that of primary concern to the defense is "keeping a lid on it." By that I mean not allowing chunk plays that either directly ring up the scoreboard, or set up a scoring opportunity, or flip the field – those single snaps of the ball that have an impact on the outcome of a game.

Maybe the idea is to prioritize the minimizing of chunk plays and then count on someone on the defense to make a play to get off the field. The Steelers cultivate a "turnover culture," and they led the NFL in 2024 in takeaways with 33 – 17 interceptions and 16 fumble recoveries – and I easily remember a half-dozen instances of the ball being o