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The Pittsburgh Steelers will face off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Friday night Jerome Bettis Jersey , and it will be a good first test for the black-and-gold." Latest News2019 Preseason Week 1: Steelers vs. BuccaneersThe Buccaneers are a good first test for Devin Bush, Mark Barron and the success of the 2019 SteelersNew,33commentsThe Pittsburgh Steelers will face off against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Friday night, and it will be a good first test for the black-and-gold.EDTShare this storyShare this on FacebookShare this on TwitterShareAll sharing optionsShareAll sharing options for:The Buccaneers are a good first test for Devin Bush, Mark Barron and the success of the 2019 SteelersTwitterFacebookRedditPocketFlipboardEmailPhoto by Mark Alberti/Icon Sportswire via Getty ImagesOne of the Steelers biggest defensive weaknesses last year was being attacked over the middle of the field. Vince Williams and Jon Bostic were both limited defenders in coverage and opposing offenses had success attacking both LBs and rookie Safety Terrell Edmunds with TEs.As Terrell Edmunds improved and L.J. Fort started taking more snaps from the ILBs and Morgan Burnett the targets to TEs decreased.In the first 5 games opposing TEs were targeted 56 times for 524 yards, over 11 times per game.The rest of the season TEs would be targeted 55 times for 444 yards. The Steelers gave up 90+ yards to the opposing teams TEs 4 times, going 1-3 in those games. The only win was in Tampa Bay, when the defense gave up 106 yards and a TD to OJ Howard and Cameron Brate, but also intercepted Ryan Fitzpatrick 3 times and scored a defensive TD in a 3-point win.But as the defense slowed down the TE yardage by taking out run stopping LBs, teams started running on the Steelers more. The last 7 games of the year show really well that the Steelers couldn’t stop both TEs and the run game. From Week 10 on James Conner Jersey , the Steelers gave up 666 yards on the ground to any team not named the Raiders. That’s 111 yards per game. The other 10 games the Steelers gave up an average of 87.2 yards per game. At the same time, they held TEs to 116 yards total in those 6 games, less that 20 yards per game. And that includes Rob Gronkowski. In Oakland they ran for only 55 yards, but TE Jared Cook had 116 yards.Over the entire season the defense proved it could not defend the run and TEs at the same time. No small wonder then the Steelers signed Mark Barron and drafted Devin Bush. Two fast LBs that are much better in coverage than Jon Bostic, while being able to play the run better than the Safeties used in place of the LBs to try to improve coverage.Why does all this matter for Preseason Week 1?Enter the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, OJ Howard and Cameron Brate, who combined for 106 yards and a TD against the Steelers last season, and who now are coached by Bruce Arians and his offense that OJ Howard described as being very TE friendly.Even better is the vanilla defense used in preseason games, which should give us some very clear examples of how well Devin Bush and Mark Barron can improve the defense’s ability to run defend and cover TEs in the same game. That is a very important thing. Because last season the Steelers were 1-3 when opposing TE’s gained 90+ yards, and were 2-2-1 when opposing teams ran for over 100 yards. The Chiefs were the only game where both happened https://www.thesteelerslockerroom.com/authentic-terrell-edmunds-jersey , which means the team went 3-4-1 when giving up 90+ yards to TEs or 100+ on the ground. When neither happened, when the defense held TEs to reasonable yards and didn’t give up 100 yards rushing, the Steelers were 6-2. The Browns may be 3-6, but the Steelers have a tough task against their AFC North rival. With the Steelers riding a four-game winning streak and the conference struggling, playoff possibilities are being imagined. With questions, story lines, and more, I’ve compiled a list of predictions (some basic, and some utterly idiotic) to look for in this pivotal contest:James Conner returns with a performance that nets over 100 yards.JuJu Smith-Schuster scores a second-quarter TD and celebrates the score and the 52nd Birthday of the television actor Patrick Warburton. Much like Warburton’s signature character David Putty from “Seinfeld”, No. 19 sports a colorful eight-ball jacket and in an excited whisper requests high-fives from members of the Dawg Pound. BTSC is reluctant to predict if JuJu’s pooch Boujee will appear wearing the same jacket.The Steelers surrender over 100 rushing yards to a running back for the first time this season to Nick Chubb.The Steelers are tasked with stopping the receiving tandem of Odell Beckham Jr. and Jarvis Landry Womens Terrell Edmunds Jersey , and they relatively do as the duo combines for only eight grabs and a score.Zach Banner catches a pass as an eligible receiver.With a night off from helping his team battle for the overall No. 1 pick, Le’Veon Bell commandeers a dog sled to Cleveland to perform his hip hop version of “Mony Mony” to celebrate the 179th birth anniversary of Claude Monet. The only people that notice are a confused Billy Idol and the staff at the Cleveland Museum of Art where the performance takes place.Minkah Fitzpatrick records yet another interception, while Bud Dupree gets a strip sack that leads to a score.The Steelers sack Baker Mayfield six times on the evening.T.J. leveland football franchise with three sacks to tie his single season record of 12.5.Mason Rudolph has his usual 240 yards with two TDs and an interception, but does not throw one on the game’s first series. A box from Amazon arrives to the Steelers locker room allegedly contain jars of a sticky substance addressed to John SS., Vance M., Diontae J., J. Samuels and J. Washington shortly before kickoff. Shipping records reveal it was sent from a Manson Randolph. The Steelers will end up having to put up points, and they do. Steelers escape Cleveland to the tune of 33-27Will any of this actually happen? I’ll bet at least one or two. Heck, maybe every one of them. Be sure to post your predictions — basic or bizarre — below.