Seemingly, off-field drama and poor defense might derail the Pittsburgh Steelers’ season before it’s barely begun if they can’t turn it around in Week 3. The Black-and-gold’s Monday night clash with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers now looks much more imposing than it did before the season started.
With the undefeated Buccaneers among the league’s more-surprising teams during the first few weeks of the season, the Steelers will need to play much better than they’ve done in Weeks 1 and 2 if they hope to get their first win of 2018 in Tampa. As much as Antonio Brown has been garnering all the headlines this week, the real story should’ve been the play of the defense last Sunday — and the prospect of playing the NFL’s highest-rated quarterback is an daunting one.