Of all the recent seasons that have looked to be the Pittsburgh Steelers year, history may one day look back on the 2017 season as one of the team’s greatest missed opportunities. Healthy for a the entire year for once, the Steelers star players on offense would make Pittsburgh one of the hardest teams to defend, but defensive failures would doom then to defeat in the opening round of the playoffs after a 13-3 regular season.
Antonio Brown would finish the year as the league’s leading receiver, Le’Veon Bell was third in rushing and Ben Roethlisberger was fifth in the league in passing yards.