There are precious few constants in fantasy on defense, but for many years the Pittsburgh Steelers were. Even if the team gave up yards or even points, fantasy managers could count on Pittsburgh to produce big plays—especially sacks. Pittsburgh was perennially among the league leaders in that category—long before that Watt fellow got to town.

Don’t look now, but the Steelers defense is making its way up fantasy leaderboards again. The team’s 33 sacks rank third in the league behind the Atlanta Falcons (wait, what?) and the Denver Broncos. But this season’s Steelers defense is—different.

For much of the season, the Steelers have been, um, bad. Pittsburgh sports the worst pass defense in the NFL, allowing 261.7 yards per game. Pittsburgh sports a bottom-five defense overall, and entering W

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