The Pittsburgh Steelers finished the 2021 season 9-7-1, just a game over .500, but good enough to make it into the postseason—even if not for long. It was a season in which everybody understood going in that there would be glaring warts; where not rapidly aging, they would have significant growing pains as rookies break themselves in.
So what about 2022? Who are this year’s Steelers? Are they better? Are they worse? Given how much has changed, they are certainly not the same, but what are the outside expectations for what they will accomplish?
Well, at least for NFL.