The Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense has given up nearly 1,000 yards and 68 points over their last two games. They currently rank 30th in total defense, 25th in defensive EPA per play, and 22nd in success rate.

So naturally, Mike Tomlin began his Tuesday press conference by blaming the offense for the Steelers’ loss to the Green Bay Packers, saying that settling for field goals was a big problem and led to an “inability to play clean.” And while he’s not wrong in that assessment, beginning the list of issues with the offense that scored 25 points, and has averaged 28 points in the team’s last two losses, is everything wrong with Mike Tomlin in a nutshell.

Rather than opening by blaming the obvious – the horrid defensive play – he blamed the unit that has kept the Steelers afloat. The unit th

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