Any Given Sunday: Jaguars Over Steelers

by Rivers McCown

This column somehow managed to avoid featuring the Steelers more than once in the regular season. Honestly, we probably stayed away from them as much as we did because at this point it's just a known fact that Pittsburgh doesn't always get up for down teams. Whether that's coaching, the atmosphere around the team itself, or something more tangible is up for debate. What isn't up for debate is that the Steelers play down to their competition all the time. Scott Kacsmar ran the numbers and found that it's true: when the Steelers are favorites, they usually underperform.

And that study was done for a Football Outsiders Almanac chapter in 2016. This is such a post-hype meme that…