When it comes to Team Turmoil, there doesn’t seem to be a real consensus about just how much the Pittsburgh Steelers’ ample dramas from last season really affected their on-field product. David DeCastro, for example, thinks it’s been way blown out of proportion. Ramon Foster said that everything is forgotten on the field.
Yet Marcus Gilbert seems to believe that the distractions did hold them back during the 2017 season, forcing many games to be close that should not have been, and perhaps even being responsible for the Steelers’ early postseason exit.