The general tone in the Pittsburgh Steelers’ locker room yesterday seemed to be one of shame. Everybody seemed to think that they let themselves down by playing far below the level at which they should be playing. Accordingly, they lost as game they had no business losing.
But lose it they did, and if you have to pinpoint one singular moment at which point the game got out of hand, it would have to be C Mason Cole’s botched snap to QB Mitch Trubisky that resulted in the Arizona Cardinals recovering the ball. Despite the bad snap, however, it was the quarterback who absorbed responsibility.