While Mike Tomlin foolishly doesn’t sound to be concerned about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ slow starts to games this year, it’s a major issue for Pittsburgh. With the team on the playoff bubble, ESPN analyst and analytics guru Aaron Schatz says the slow starts are a ‘concerning weakness’ for this Steelers team, and the numbers back it up.
“The Steelers have spent the entire 2023 season falling behind in games. Sure, sometimes they come back for a close victory at the end. But in the past two weeks, the Steelers started slow against a couple of bad teams in Arizona and New England, and they couldn’t come back.