Watch: Devin Bush INT adds his name to rare Steelers defensive record

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Remember all of that talk about the Steelers covering receivers with linebackers and how that was a bad thing?

That may have been true since Ryan Shazier’s injury left the team with less athletic pass defenders, but we have now entered the era of Devin Bush in 2019: and the Chargers found out the hard way that things have changed defensively in the Steel City on Sunday Night Football.

Already down 7-0 due to a Philip Rivers miscue earlier which led to a Steelers defensive score, Rivers steps back and fires for one of his favorite targets, WR Keenan Allen… and instead finds Bush lying in wait.

Bush was also responsible for picking up the backward pass earlier and returning it for a touchdown: all in the first quarter.

His performance would put him on a short list of Steelers defenders to have a fumble recovery, interception and touchdown all in the same quarter: last accomplished in 2003 by Deshea Townsend!

Steelers up 14-0 after a quarter.

And a little nugget: Per ESPN Stats and Info: Devin Bush is the first Steelers player with a TD, interception and fumble recovery in the same game since Deshea Townsend in 2003 Week 16, also vs the Chargers.

— Brooke Pryor (@bepryor) October 14, 2019