Over almost the last decade, the Pittsburgh Steelers have not lived up to their standard. They’re still usually in the playoff picture, but they haven’t won a postseason game in eight years. Mike Tomlin’s Steelers have wilted more often than not in the playoffs recently. Many of those games have been blowouts, too. For one of the NFL’s most accomplished franchises, that’s not good enough. Because of that, analyst Matt Harmon believes there’s a new standard in Pittsburgh.
“It’s just lackluster, double-digit, one-and-done playoff losses,” Harmon said Wednesday on the podcast Football 301. “That’s the standard in Pittsburgh at this point, if they can squeak into the playoffs.