Does “winning a playoff game” really mean anything for the Steelers?
In case you haven’t heard, the Steelers haven’t won a playoff game since 2016. While they reach the playoffs more often than not, they are rarely competitive once they arrive. Right now, they are in by far the longest drought in franchise history in the modern era. As a result, there is a level of desperation or urgency to use a more favorable term.
But is that a productive urgency that will benefit in the long run? As multiple reporters have suggested, the Steelers seem to be aiming to build a playoff-winning team—not a Super Bowl-winning team—because the former is attainable in the near term, while the latter is not.