The Pittsburgh Steelers did pretty much exactly what everyone thought they would last season—just not in the anticipated manner. After getting off to a 10-3 start, they dropped their final four games before going one-and-done in the postseason. Everyone knew the final stretch would be brutal, yet one imagines they could have pulled off at least one win.
Still, the Steelers lost to the two Super Bowl teams, and their two fierce AFC North rivals with high-powered offenses. There is no shame in that in isolation—the problem is they lost all those games consecutively. If they were 8-5 including two of those losses and then beat the Commanders and Browns during the final month, would people feel better?