The Pittsburgh Steelers have finished at 8-8 three times during head coach Mike Tomlin’s tenure, but they’ve never been below .500 during that time. While that in itself is impressive, it’s certainly not the goal—and the NFL just made it a lot harder to finish with an even record with the expansion of the regular season to 17 games.
Whether or not the Steelers would finally slip below the .500 mark—for example, with an 8-9 record—was the topic that former Steeler Ryan Clark was asked to weigh in on yesterday during a segment on Get Up on ESPN.