The mid-2010s Pittsburgh Steelers had Super Bowl aspirations but could never get there for one reason or another. Usually it was due to injury luck, with star players getting hurt at the worst possible times. This is what sunk the 2014 Steelers as running back Le’Veon Bell was in the midst of his breakout season when he injured his knee in a Week 17 contest against the Cincinnati Bengals and could not play in a playoff loss to the Baltimore Ravens.
On the Steel Here podcast with Kevin Adams and Jersey Jerry, Bell talked about how the injury still haunts him in part because Steelers wide receiver Martavis Bryant’s miscue enabled the hit that caused it.