On paper, the Week 5 matchup between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Dallas Cowboys was supposed to be one that favored the Pittsburgh Steelers.
After all, the Cowboys were missing Micah Parsons and DeMarcus Lawrence defensively. They also had one of the league’s worst run defenses coming into the matchup, which theoretically played right into the strength of the Steelers.
That’s why they play the games, though.
The Steelers couldn’t do much of anything offensively in the 20-17 loss, and struggled to take advantage of their upper hand in the matchup, falling to 3-2 on the season.