Behind Enemy Lines: Q&A with Behind the Steel Curtain

In preparing for Sunday’s matchup against the Pittsburgh Steelers, Jeff Hartman and I sat down for a small Q&A for one another’s publications.

There’s been significant criticism of the Steelers by former players this season. What parts of said criticism are valid? What is being overblown?

I find it difficult for people who aren’t on the sideline, not in team meetings and not at practice to criticize things like effort and the proverbial “want to”. Their criticism is valid, but at the same time it isn’t as if players are going out there and tanking games. The Steelers have been struggling, and they are definitely going through some growing pains in a lot of ways. The locker room, organization…