Did the Steelers stink or what in their 2019 regular season debut against the Patriots last Sunday night at Gillette Stadium?
In a vacuum, 30 point losses don’t mean a whole heck of a lot in the NFL. In Week 3 of the 2016 season, for example, the Steelers were blown out in Philadelphia, 34-3, before turning around seven days later and blitzing the Chiefs, 43-14, on Sunday Night Football. Were those results an accurate barometer of how each team’s season would go?
Not really.
The Eagles went on to miss the playoffs with a 7-9 record, while the Chiefs and Steelers managed to keep it together long enough for a rematch in the divisional round of the playoffs, months later, with the latter advancing to the AFC title game.