Welcome to Joe Starkey’s mailbag, where the Post-Gazette columnist and 93.7 The Fan radio host answers your questions about sports, life, Larry Foote and everything in between. If you want to ask Joe a question, tweet him at @JoeStarkey1 or email him at jstarkey@post-gazette.com. On to the questions, which again this week were laced with Steelers angst …

PittHeel, @BuStA607: Tomlin’s defense once had a 50-game stretch where they only allowed 1 100 yard rusher. What changed?

Starkey: Is that a trick question, Dr. Heel? The personnel, the coaching and the overall demeanor changed. That’s all.

I believe the stretch you speak of occurred between 2007-10, back when the Steelers didn’t have defensive linemen complaining about physical abuse from opposing quarterbacks. Back when they took prid

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