stillers4me
11-05-2014, 06:51 PM
The Steelers defense looks nothing like it did at the start of the season, either in performance or personnel.
It will look even different Sunday when the Steelers (6-3) try to avoid losing to the Jets (1-8), whose only victory came against the winless Raiders.
Safety Troy Polamalu (sprained knee) and inside linebacker Ryan Shazier (sprained ankle) are out, further altering a defensive lineup that will have five different starters than it did in the Sept. 7 opener against Cleveland.
It's a defense that's gotten older — thanks to James Harrison and Brett Keisel — in a season in which it was supposed to get younger. It's a defense that's now without both former starting cornerbacks and three former first-round picks in Polamalu, Shazier and Jarvis Jones. ..............
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/7084205-74/defense-steelers-polamalu#ixzz3IFGEC1li
It will look even different Sunday when the Steelers (6-3) try to avoid losing to the Jets (1-8), whose only victory came against the winless Raiders.
Safety Troy Polamalu (sprained knee) and inside linebacker Ryan Shazier (sprained ankle) are out, further altering a defensive lineup that will have five different starters than it did in the Sept. 7 opener against Cleveland.
It's a defense that's gotten older — thanks to James Harrison and Brett Keisel — in a season in which it was supposed to get younger. It's a defense that's now without both former starting cornerbacks and three former first-round picks in Polamalu, Shazier and Jarvis Jones. ..............
Read more: http://triblive.com/sports/steelers/7084205-74/defense-steelers-polamalu#ixzz3IFGEC1li