Steelers Spin: Just When It Was Getting Fun

Steelers SpinLet’s face it. It was too much to ask.

Just when it was getting fun. Just when the Pittsburgh Steelers were beginning to look like their old dominant selves. Just when Head Coach Mike Tomlin looked like he was past his old haunting ghosts of the past.

Splat.

In the midst of a snow flurry, just like so many other seasons of Tomlinian lore, the Steelers missed sinking a one-foot putt against the nearly browned-out Cleveland Browns.

This all-too-familiar underperformance against weaker foes may result in some or all of their playoff appearances being hosted in foreign lands.

Does this spell the beginning of a troubling detour, or is it just an unfortunate pothole on this year’s path to…