The Pittsburgh Steelers wanted a robust efficiency in Week 8 at dwelling towards the Inexperienced Bay Packers, however they didn’t get it.
Inexperienced Bay took over within the second half and put a dent in Pittsburgh’s AFC North lead.
It was a second consecutive loss for the Steelers, who did rating 56 factors within the two video games.
With that in thoughts, analyst Nick Wright identified the largest present problem for Pittsburgh.
“When Mike Tomlin is your head coach, in concept, you shouldn’t want the highest-paid protection within the historical past of professional soccer to have an important protection. They gave that to him anyway, however for the protection to be this unhealthy with that many star gamers on it and a defensive-minded coach is unforgivable,” Wright mentioned.
The Steelers do not have an Aaron Rodgers drawback, they’ve a protection drawback.
“For the protection to be this unhealthy with that many star gamers on it and a defensive-minded coach is unforgivable.” — @getnickwright pic.twitter.com/PP0rGVqgjp
— First Issues First (@FTFonFS1) October 27, 2025
As Wright additionally mentioned, quarterback Aaron Rodgers has been about nearly as good as anyone may have requested for.
Pittsburgh is scoring an surprising 25.0 factors per sport, however additionally it is giving up an uncharacteristic 25.0 factors per sport, which is twenty second within the NFL.
Packers quarterback Jordan Love threw for 360 yards and three touchdowns, which was even higher than the 342 yards and three touchdowns Joe Flacco posted for the Cincinnati Bengals in Week 7 towards the Steelers.
This was not purported to be a standard incidence, particularly after buying and selling for cornerback Jalen Ramsey within the offseason, and the Steelers have to discover a answer in the event that they need to finish their lengthy playoff-win drought.
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