Let’s talk about rust.
Not the kind that fed off the January salt on Pittsburgh highways to corrode old Toyota Tercels. No, it’s the rust football players must deal with after not playing for a stretch, what the Steelers face now with a first-round bye.
Consider Le’Veon Bell rust — he had 32 yards rushing in the season opener after taking the entire preseason off.
There was Indianapolis 17, Steelers 3 well into the fourth quarter after their bye week this season.
“Maybe it was the bye, trying to get that rust off, trying to get out of it,” David DeCastro suggested after that game.