FOXBOROUGH, Mass. — This was not a missed opportunity. Don’t blame Antonio Brown’s childish video or the pulled hotel fire alarm early Sunday morning which was much ado about nothing. Don’t blame Mike Tomlin’s week of weak preparation or Keith Butler’s doomed game plan. Don’t blame dropped passes by Sammie Coates and Cobi Hamilton that could have made the game closer. Don’t even blame Le’Veon Bell’s first-quarter groin injury which left the Steelers severely short-handed. They could play the New England Patriots 10 more times at Gillette Stadium and wouldn’t win one. The “bleeps” — to use Tomlin’s word from the Brown video — are that much better.
Ron Cook: No need for blame, Steelers simply outmatched
