The story of the Steelers' offseason was how Keith Butler was going to change the structure of the defense by adding hybrid safeties to more of the regular formations. The point of using the secondary would be to stop the run adequately without as many linebackers, while also being much better in coverage.
That plan did not work Thursday night in Green Bay, as Aaron Rodgers, Brett Hundley and DeShone Kizer combined for 13 completions on 20 passes for 155 yards and two touchdowns, as well as a rushing touchdown in the first half in a 51-34 rout for the Packers. And much of that happened with newly acquired safety Morgan Burnett and first-round pick Terrell Edmunds being tested.
We talk about how the Packers victimized the Steelers' defensive plan:
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