Receivers who have burned the Steelers secondary since Super Bowl XLIII

Greg Jennings (Photo credit: Chris Garrison)

Jordy Nelson (Photo credit: Brian Giesen)

Demaryius Thomas (Photo credit: rburtzel)

Here are a number of significant receptions of more than 20 yards by Steelers opponents since Super Bowl XLIII in 2009.

The Steelers addressed these defensive failures by firing their 4-year offensive coordinator (???), and by drafting 6 cornerbacks (Joe Burnett, Cortez Allen, Curtis Brown, Crezdon Butler, Keenan Lewis, Terrence Frederick).

1. Demaryius Thomas (80 yard TD, 2011-2012 playoffs)
2. Demaryius Thomas (71 yard TD, week 1 2012-2013 season)
3. Chris Chambers (61 yard catch, week 11 2009)
4. Louis Murphy (75 yard TD, week 13 2009)
5. Jordy Nelson (Super Bowl XLV, 29 yard TD, 38 yard catch)
6. Greg Jennings (Super Bowl XLV, 21 yard TD, 31 yard catch)
7. James Jones (Super Bowl XLV, 21 yard catch)
8. Greg Jennings (83 yard TD, week 15 2009)
9. James Jones (24 yard TD, week 15 2009)
10. Larry Fitzgerald (Super Bowl XLIII, 64 yard TD)
11. Anquan Boldin (Super Bowl XLIII, 45 yard catch to the 1-yard line)
12. Anquan Boldin (27 yard TD, week one 2011-2012)
13. Torrey Smith (26 yard TD, week 9 2011)
14. Stevie Johnson (*40 yard TD, dropped while wide open)
15. AJ Green (43 yard catch, week 13 2011)
16. TJ Houshmandzadeh (**18 yard game-ending 4th Q comeback TD)
17. Santonio Holmes (45 yard TD, 2010 playoffs)
18. LaRod Stephens Howling (73 yard TD, week 7 2011)
19. Dennis Northcutt (25 yard TD, week 5 2009)
20. Leonard Pope (21 yard TD, week 11 2009)
21. Mark Clayton (52 yard catch, week 12 2009)
22. Todd Heap (30 yard TD, week 16, 2009)
23. Davone Bess (34 yard TD, week 17 2009) 
24. Davone Bess (25 yard TD, week 7 2010) 
25. Rob Gronkowski (25 yard TD, week 10 2010)

* not a catch but included since the Steelers defense was beaten and had no bearing on the drop.

** not 20+ yards, but included regardless, as the play was backbreaking.