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Steelers News: The Steelers’ plan to let the defense win the game blew up in their faces — again

The Pittsburgh Steelers have seen better days than they are currently experiencing. The black-and-gold have dropped three straight games, after losing to the Broncos, Chargers and Raiders in consecutive weeks. Now they turn their attention to another AFC opponent, the New England Patriots, in Week 15.

Today in the Black-and-gold links article, we take a look at how the plan of the Steelers trusting their defense with a slim lead was by far the dumbest decision of the game. Rather than inserting Ben Roethlisberger back into the game, they trusted the defense.