Remember during the 2017 season when the Pittsburgh Steelers were raked over the coals because head coach Mike Tomlin said of the New England Patriots that they would be a team they would see again? That was taken as him getting his team to look past his opponents, and was partly attributed to their early playoff exit.
Whenever the Steelers have any sort of misstep, those critical of the team—fans and non-fans alike—have a tendency to make it sound as though it’s the first time it’s ever happened, when in reality such things are commonplace.