The level of turmoil in the Steelers’ locker room didn’t quite hit the 2023 levels when everybody was talking about the Steelers way being dead and gone, but it got pretty close in 2024. A five-game losing streak to end the season with another first-round exit in the Wild Card round will do that.
During that losing streak, the defense started to publicly bicker, reaching a boiling point following the Christmas Day loss to the Kansas City Chiefs. S DeShon Elliott said guys weren’t doing their job. Patrick Queen said nobody was doing anything about it and the communication issues were stemming from a lack of faith.