Thanks to a rather frustrating 27-24 loss on the road to the Indianapolis Colts Sunday in Week 4, in which the much-hyped defense of the Pittsburgh Steelers couldn’t get necessary stops against Colts’ backup quarterback Joe Flacco, the Steelers fell a number of spots across the board in multiple NFL power rankings.
After climbing inside the top 10 in most of the power rankings across the NFL media landscape, the Steelers fell outside of the top 10 in a majority of the power rankings entering Week 5 coming off of the loss to the Colts, as questions about the defense loomed large following the surprising performance from the highly-paid unit.