The old joke around here is the Pittsburgh Steelers are at their best when they’re the underdog.
They’re definitely in that role now.
Three days ago, they were everyone’s trendy AFC pick. To make the playoffs, to win the division, heck to become the conference’s top seed. One San Francisco loss and a likely Cam Heyward roster deletion later and those predictions are looking more like Y2K than Nostradamus.
The worst player on Acrisure field yesterday was QB Kenny Pickett. No sugarcoating it here. Pickett played the worst game of his career, especially relative to expectations of a promising second-year with plenty of weapons to throw to.