Pittsburgh Steelers players have earned their fair share of individual league honors over the years. Whether it’s Terry Bradshaw’s MVP in 1978 or one of the seven black and gold Defensive Players of the Year, we all remember the winning campaigns. There are also a few years, where a Pittsburgh player came up just short of the glory. Some may even say they were snubbed.
1975: The rest of the NFL for DPOY
Mel Blount won Defensive Player of the Year with only 38.5% of the vote, in part because the ballots were split among five different Steelers.