What Pittsburgh Steelers Must Improve Coming out of Week 12 Bye

November 19, 2014   ·   Chris Gazze   ·   Jump to comments

The Pittsburgh Steelers enter the Week 12 bye on a relative hot streak. Winning four of the past five games, Mike Tomlin’s team sits in sixth place in the AFC and is in position to control its own destiny in the race for the AFC North division crown.
With two games remaining against the first-place Cincinnati Bengals, the 7-4 Steelers can take a giant step forward to winning the division by sweeping the series. However, they must improve in several areas if they want to achieve this goal.
Tomlin and his coaching staff had the Steelers as one of the hottest teams in the league when they were on a three-game home winning streak after a 3-3 start to the season. Pittsburgh outscored its opponents 124 to 80 during this time, and Ben Roethlisberger tossed 14 touchdown passes.
Since then, the Steelers have struggled against two of the league’s worst teams—the New York Jets and Tennessee Titans—as some weaknesses were exposed.
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