3 things we learned from Steelers win against the Cleveland Browns

The Steelers defense came to play against the Browns

So, not only did the Steelers defense come to play, they played the smothering style of defense we have been accustomed to seeing.  The ‘D’ held the Browns offense to two-hundred and thirty-two yards.  Frankly, that was a victory in and of itself.

While the defense is still ranked just outside the top twenty in terms of average yards allowed per game, the nine sacks we were able to generate catapulted us into first place in that category with fifty-two sacks on the year.

While we got sacks from the usual suspects, T.J. Watt, who lead the way with four sacks, we also got contributions from some unusual suspects, namely Henry Mondeaux and Derrek Tuszka, who each had one sack.

I think it’s great when our backups can be positive contributors to the cause.  We needed everyone to step up and everyone did step up, thus we are talking about a Steelers win as opposed to lamenting a Steelers loss.

The defense complemented the offense and the result was a win.  I am left to wonder why we couldn’t do that all season long.  When the defense plays the way we played against the Browns, I think it’s fair to say that we have a championship-caliber team.

Let’s see what else we learned.