Winning the Super Bowl is the stated goal every year. But there’s a path to follow on how best to get there, and that always starts with winning your division. The Pittsburgh Steelers have only won the AFC North once in the past five seasons, sandwiched in between two wins each by the Cincinnati Bengals and the Baltimore Ravens.
Few teams were hotter in the second half of the 2022 season, however, than the Steelers, even if the Bengals happened to be one of them. Yet Cincinnati is further along in their building process than is this current Steelers team, which could take a big leap next season.