History has been fruitless in Seattle

The coffee might be good there, but Seattle has proven to be an unkind host for the the Steelers who are 1-6 there all time, including there most recent visit 12 years ago when Pittsburgh quarterback Tommy Maddox was sacked by Seahawks linebacker Chad Brown during a 23-16 Seattle win in Nov. 2003.Seattle has its Legion of Boom defense, a home field considered second to none for noise and coffee that you can curl up to on a rainy day, of which there are many.

The Steelers? They have had little but gloom and doom in that city, even though not one of them has played there wearing the black and gold.

To start, the Steelers are 1-6 in Seattle and have lost to the Seahawks in three stadiums there —…