The Pittsburgh Steelers gave the people what they wanted with a 36-10 trouncing of the Cincinnati Bengals, a shakedown so complete the visiting team had to leave town stripeless.
“I’ve never been so calm for a Steelers game,” was the general sentiment across Steelers Nation.
And, after so many games coming down to the final sands in the glass this season, it was a welcome relief to be so comfortably numb.
Most importantly it brings the team to the Number 9. The title of the Beatles worst song ever published, the shirt choice of soccer strikers throughout the world, and coincidentally, the uniform number of Joe Burrow, the young gun who was pressured into shooting blanks last Sunday at Heinz Field.