The phrase “rock bottom” was written and uttered about the Pittsburgh Steelers several times after their embarrassing second half against the Buffalo Bills last week. It was a low point of recent memory, but the true rock bottom lies ahead. They are, at the very least, on a collision course with the actual rock bottom moment.
Pittsburgh will be on the NFL’s second biggest stage (after the Super Bowl) when it hosts the 2026 NFL Draft for the first time since the event became a massive television spectacle. Since the NFL started moving the draft around, they have broken attendance records multiple times.