It has been an up and down ride for the Steelers over the past few years. One minute, the ‘Killer B’s’ are on top of the world. Quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is putting up numbers that belie his age, Antonio Brown is among the best receivers in the game, and Le’Veon Bell is a dual threat in the air and on the ground. The next, it’s all gone sideways and fans have sadly gotten used to is in disarray as Pittsburgh limps to a 9-6-1 record and misses the playoffs.
Bell, tired of being franchise tagged and wishing to redefine the market for running backs, drew the ire of Steelers fans for sitting out the entire 2018 season in a contract dispute before taking a free agency deal with the New York Jets for less money than Pittsburgh was offering him.