PITTSBURGH — After the Steelers scored only 17 points off five turnovers in the wild overtime win against the Bengals in Week 1, quarterback Mitch Trubisky said Wednesday he and his unit have to be more aggressive. «When your defense is playing that well, and they're getting turnovers, you just want to take care of the football, but we've got to have that killer mindset, that aggressive mentality to really take teams out of the game and just not allow 'em to keep it close,» Trubisky said.
With Minkah Fitzpatrick's game-opening pick-six accounting for one score, the Steelers' offense only added 10 points off turnovers thanks to a field goal and a touchdown.
The rest of those possessions ended in punts. «When our defense gets turnovers, we need to turn those into points,» Trubisky said. «That's my mindset.
And that's what we're thinking about when we get the ball taken away, we've got to turn it into touchdowns and not just field goals.» The Steelers offense didn't commit any turnovers in the overtime win, but by playing conservatively, they didn't take many downfield shots.