The Pittsburgh Steelers need to change something on the defensive side of the ball to limit big plays and scoring drives following a disastrous performance against the Cincinnati Bengals last Thursday night.

Cincinnati finished with 470 yards of offense and converted 7-of-14 (50%) on third down. The Steelers recorded two sacks of Joe Flacco, but couldn’t stop the run or apply enough pressure to force errant throws.

One noticeable absence for half the game was Nick Herbig. Herbig only played 29 snaps of the 76 snaps on Thursday night. This came despite defensive coordinator Teryl Austin saying during the week that Herbig had earned additional playing time.

Head coach Mike Tomlin explained the personnel deployment on Tuesday during his weekly press conference.

“Our inability to control t

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