“If only the Steelers had a viable backup plan at running back!” many may have said the night Pittsburgh fell to the Ravens in an AFC wildcard game at Heinz Field that followed the 2014 campaign.
The final game of the 2014 regular season was also at Heinz Field. The Steelers outlasted the Bengals on Sunday Night Football to claim their first AFC North title in four years. Unfortunately, Pittsburgh’s playoff fate was sealed before its AFC North championship was even a certainty thanks to a hyperextended knee suffered by all-everything running back Le’Veon Bell, an injury that put him on ice for the aforementioned wildcard clash with Baltimore.