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Scout’s Eye with Matt Williamson: Mix up the defensive scheme

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4.6832 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Matt’s Monday-Friday morning commentary on the Pittsburgh Steelers

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0:00.0

Hello everyone, I'm Matt Williamson.

0:07.3

How's it going?

0:08.2

Happy Labor Day weekend to all.

0:10.4

I am recording this pretty late in the day Sunday.

0:13.9

Probably get you something on Memorial Day as well, but want to make sure you get something

0:19.0

for your ear holes while you're mowing the lawn or grilling or whatever you're doing on Monday. I hope you're having a good

0:24.1

time. A little early to start breaking down the jets. I'll also do a mailbag between now and then,

0:31.1

but this is something I can't harp on enough. And a little bit of it's repetitive from months ago

0:35.6

and really since the season ended about

0:38.5

the Steelers philosophical defensive choices make up from last year.

0:46.6

I mean, I think you guys know that I find it imperative to generate more sacks.

0:53.5

With this good of pass rush, the highest paid defense by a wide margin in the league,

1:00.2

I have told you I think it could be the best E in the league.

1:04.5

I think they have the best pass rushers in the league.

1:07.7

Now Houston and Green Bay with Micah Parsons all of a sudden are in that

1:12.3

conversation as well. There's no question. But some things just really needs to change. I mean,

1:19.4

the predictability schematically of this defense, and if you've listened to me, I've made excuses slash realizations of why they were so

1:33.0

static and similar in terms of play calls snap after snap.

1:39.7

And some of it, they didn't trust their other corners to play more man.

1:43.7

Porter was the only guy that they really felt they had that capability with.

1:48.7

They didn't feel like they had to blitz to get home.

1:52.4

But they were the single high, they were the number one team defense in the use of a single high safety, of a middle of the field safety.

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