The Steelers are hanging their heads following a second consecutive disappointing loss, so claim observers from the locker room. Dropping a primetime home game to the Packers, 35-25, Pittsburgh’s season suddenly feels in the balance. Even as the rest of the division continues to struggle, their grip on the AFC North weakens.
And that feeling seems to be palpable behind closed doors—or at least the dispiriting nature of these recent losses. “That was one of the more quiet, more desolate Steelers locker rooms I’ve seen after a loss in some time, and I was in the locker room for a big part of that five-game skid at the end of last season”, said reporter Shelby Cassesse on WPXI’s Black & Gold Zone post-game show.