The Steelers, ostensibly a bastion of organizational stability, grandeur, and Doing Things The Right Way, are currently in the midst of a multiyear implosion; we’re watching it unfold, mouths agape in terror, intermittently dodging jagged chunks of debris. Here is an insane combination of words that might convey some real truth: the Steelers are set to part ways with what are probably the two greatest offensive skill players in franchise history, both of whom are very much still in their prime, and the team might be better off as a result.
This isn’t necessarily to suggest that Antonio Brown and Le’Veon Bell were cancerous entities who were singlehandedly responsible for torpedoing the Steelers’ team chemistry and abating the team’s competitiveness and that, by cutting them loose, the remaining component parts will coalesce into a United Locker Room and regain their status as Respected Champions at the league’s pinnacle.