Here’s the thing the kneejerk reactors seem to be forgetting right now: the Pittsburgh Steelers still have most of the season in front of them, and believe it or not, getting blown out by the defending Super Bowl champion New England Patriots in Foxboro in the opener after their banner-raising ceremony is not the worst possible thing that can happen.
There’s still a lot of football left. They’ve done as bad or worse to lesser competition in the opener and gone on to make a deep postseason run. Remember after the 2016 Week Three 34-3 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles, with everybody insisting that this is who the real Steelers are?