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After opening the season 4-1 thanks in part to a defense that forced 10 total turnovers in those five games, the Pittsburgh Steelers have now suffered back-to-back losses. The same defense that made pivotal plays earlier in the season is now being heavily scrutinized for being exposed. On Sunday night, the Steelers lost 35-25 to the Green Bay Packers in a game that began with a focus on Pittsburgh's starting quarterback but ended with a conversation about the other side of the ball. The discussion about the game on ESPN's "Get Up" quickly turned into an entire segment on the Steelers' defensive struggles. "There was nothing Pittsburgh did that you're going to turn on the tape and feel good about," former NFL quarterback-turned-analyst Alex Smith said. Former coach blasts Steelers defense Former NFL coach Rex Ryan then turned up the heat even more. "This is horrendous defensively. This is crazy. This is unrecognizable to me. This is not the Pittsburgh Steelers," ranted Ryan. "When you get old, you get slow. And when you're slow, you can't do anything defensively," Ryan added to take shots at aging stars like Cam Heyward and T.J. Watt.
