**PITTSBURGH --** The [Pittsburgh Steelers](https://www.pennlive.com/steelers/)’ 2024 season was derailed by [poor offensive play](https://www.pennlive.com/steelers/2025/06/tj-watt-could-get-less-money-than-myles-garrett-in-new-steelers-deal-insider-says.html), but the defense’s collapse down the stretch was alarming inside the building, too.
Nothing was more shocking than the team’s inability to communicate on the back end of their defense over the final five games of the season, where busted coverages left players running wide open.