For about as good as the Pittsburgh Steelers’ defense has been this season, their offense has been just as bad. They have had some bright spots here and there, but all in all, it’s mostly been just a hot mess. As just one example of that, they are about to become the first team in franchise history since 1971 to fail to register at least 30 points in even one game in a season—and they only played 14 games back then.
It appeared for a brief period of time as though the Steelers’ running game might finally be taking off.