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NFL offensive ranking 2020, points/game:
Giants: 16.2, 31st in the league
Broncos 20.4, 28th
Texans 22.0, 25th
Eagles 22.6, 23rd
NFL ranking 2020, yds/game:
NYG: 282.4, 30th
DEN: 306.8, 29th
HOU: 359.2, 22nd
PHI: 332.4, 28th
PIT allowed HOU to go into the half with a lead against their "great" defense. HOU scored 3 TDs in the first half. Same HOU team that scored a single offensive TD against the Chiefs.
DEN, helmed by Driskell, still managed to come back in the 2nd half and keep it within a score, including two drives of 6 plays each and 55- and 54-yards respectively. In fact, if not for a missed FG by DEN and that ridiculous safety, It would've been a tie game at the end of regulation.
PHI, playing with neither starting WR, nor their starting RT, and a handful of defensive starters, scored 4 offensive TDs against that "no.2" defense.
Let me be more clear:
PHI in 2020 only averages 22 points/game.
Against the 2nd-best defense in the league (allegedly), PHI scored 28, and should've scored 31, but missed an FG.
Furthermore, the no.2 PIT defense has allowed each of their opponents to score as many or more than their average, as well as allowed them to accumulate nearly as many or more yards per game.
The Steelers defense isn't as good as their ranking.
Over the next four games, PIT will face four of the best running offenses in the league.
Their defense won't be ranked 2nd after that.
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