The only good news in Pittsburgh following a 19-17 loss to the Cincinnati Bengals is that the Steelers are in the playoffs no matter what. The rest is bad, including that we’ll have to watch this Steelers team compete with a playoff team in a week.
It’s not going well for the Steelers, and that means that there are plenty of takeaways to be had once again:
1. The Steelers are in quarterback purgatory
We’ve known that Russell Wilson is past his prime for a few seasons now, but nothing made that more obvious than Wilson’s utter collapse in crunch time against the Bengals.