Happy Friday, and I hope yinz are doing well.
Football is back. Officially. The regular-season kind. By the end of this weekend, the Pittsburgh Steelers will be coming off their opener against the Atlanta Falcons, either smiling about a win or smarting over a loss. It should be a great Week 1 litmus test for the team facing a tough and improved Falcons team.
This game comes with many storylines. Arthur Smith facing the team that fired him nine months ago. Mike Tomlin and Raheem Morris, friends who used to coach together, battling each other. Veteran quarterbacks in new places with much to prove in Russell Wilson and Kirk Cousins, perhaps as much to their own team as to anyone else.