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5 reasons Steelers will return to playoffs in 2020

The Steelers' 2019 season started ugly with a season-ending injury to quarterback Ben Roethlisberger ... then it kept getting uglier, right up to its brutal conclusion: A three-game losing streak putting the team at 8-8 and out of the playoffs for the second straight year.

The work from Devlin "Duck" Hodges and Mason Rudolph under center left plenty to be desired, and former Pro Bowlers in JuJu Smith-Schuster and James Conner struggled through injury-plagued down years. It all added up to major disappointment for the men in black and gold.