The Steelers are a pretty good NFL franchise.
Their six Super Bowl wins are tied with the Patriots for the most all-time, and their history is rich and lengthy, dating back to the dynasty of the '70s and stretching well into the '00s.
Recently, however, the Steelers have missed the playoffs in back-to-back seasons, going 8-8 in 2019 and 9-6-1 in 2018. Still, in the past decade, they've made the playoffs six times, including a Super Bowl loss in 2011 and an AFC Championship loss in 2016.
All this makes a recent report from ESPN's Adam Schefter interesting from a Steelers perspective:
Under this expected-to-come playoff structure, the Steelers would have made the playoffs each of the past two years as the No.