The standard is the standard. That’s what Mike Tomlin and the Pittsburgh Steelers like to say about themselves. It means that the Steelers hold themselves accountable, with a championship always on their minds. That was set by their teams of the 1970s that won four Super Bowls. However, the Steelers haven’t met the standard in quite some time. That’s left James Harrison unsure of what the Steelers’ standard even is anymore.
“What’s the standard?” Harrison said Friday on his Deebo and Joe podcast. “.500? We ain’t won a playoff game since 2016. I was playing then.