Pittsburgh Steelers: 4 keys to a Week 8 win over the Lions

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Score Points

I’ve said this on nearly every one of these articles and they haven’t done it yet. They only manage a touchdown out of half their trips in the redzone. They average only 21 points per game, 17th in the league. Far less than the 30 fans once aspired to. 21 isn’t terrible but Steelers leave so many points on the table. They only get a touchdown 42.3% of the time they get to the redzone, 30th in the league.

With the best running back and best receiver in the game, the Steelers need to score in the 20s consistently because their defense is really stepping up. The defense is holding teams to 16.6 points per game. Just average more than that on offense. It shouldn’t be so hard with this talent.

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