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‘Not Good’: Phil Simms Says Steelers Are ‘Not Even Close’ To What He Expected

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The Pittsburgh Steelers have surprised people this year. Just not for the right reasons. Their defense, which was supposed to be one of the league’s best, has spent the first two games floundering. Meanwhile, their offense has been fine in some respects, but it still isn’t good enough. Count former NFL quarterback Phil Simms among those down on the Steelers.

“The offensive line’s playing awful,” Simms said recently on his Simms Complete podcast. “They can’t run the ball. The defense is not playing well at all. watched the game yesterday, and I literally was watching it going, ‘Oh my gosh.