The Chiefs' strength on defense has been their ability to create pressured situations on their opponents with various blitzes that attack offenses from different spots throughout the game.
What makes their defense more lethal is when they get more predictable passing situations and the amount of different blitz looks increases simply because there are more plays they can call without worrying about accounting for the run game. Different blitz angles and looks have to change positions of where the defenders lineup, which can open up gaps for running backs to score easy yards.
That leads to the Chiefs' defense, much like the Steelers' defense, needing to stop the run early on to force more passing plays. Their safeties and linebackers flow to the gaps on running plays quickly, which means a great way to offset that will require early success in the passing game from Ben Roethlisberger.
If you remember their previous matchup, the Steelers did just that when Roethlisberger opened up the game with a bomb to Sammie Coates and passing touchdowns that took away the Chiefs' aggressiveness and allowed for Le'Veon Bell to run for 144 yards.
We take a look at how they can do that again:
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