It’s amazing what two straight losses to teams that started each game eight games under .500 will do to a fan base and the media covering that team. That’s what’s happened to the Pittsburgh Steelers after losing back-to-back games to the Arizona Cardinals and the New England Patriots. Just two weeks ago, the Steelers looked primed for an unlikely yet almost certain playoff run.
Now, at 7-6 with those two straight inconceivable losses, the Steelers still hold the keys to making the playoffs. It just seems like they forgot how to drive. At this point, NFL.com’s Adam Schein is fully out on the Steelers and predicts them to miss the playoffs in his latest Schein’s Nine.