The Steelers’ philosophy on defense always places a priority to stop the run before anything else. Against a Bills offense this Sunday at Acrisure Stadium, they face a team that leads the NFL with 147.2 rushing yards per game. But the Bills are hardly a one-dimensional offense, as reigning MVP quarterback Josh Allen leads the ninth-ranked passing offense in the NFL.

This presents the Steelers with what appears to be a hard choice in terms of how they should deploy their defense to stop the Bills. Should they use their personnel to dedicate more bodies to stop the run? Or should they trust their starters up front to win the line of scrimmage and allow their defensive backs to focus more on stopping the pass?

The weight of that decision ties to the recent successes and failures of the defe

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