For this day anyway the Pittsburgh Steelers have slain the evil empire. It was tense, dramatic and filled with twists and turns but the Steelers held on to defeat the New England Patriots 17-10. It was the type of game I’m quite certain no one saw coming. But that aside for a moment, this performance makes the Steelers’ recent string of losses all the more frustrating.
In the prior three weeks, Pittsburgh had surrendered three straight fourth quarter leads. Two of those were to teams that will finish well out of the playoffs and quite frankly had no business beating the Steelers.