Should the Pittsburgh Steelers fall tomorrow to the Browns, or the Jets top the Bills, it will ensure that, for the first time since the early 1970s, the franchise will have faced five consecutive seasons in which they have failed to secure a playoff victory.
As a matter of fact, should they fail to reach the playoffs this year, they will have only made the postseason twice in the five-year span that has taken place since the Steelers’ most recent victory, which was in the 2010 AFC Championship game that sent them to their record-tying eighth franchise Super Bowl appearance, albeit a loss.