The Steelers not only blew past 30 points for the first time this season in their most recent game, they did not stop there.
It begs the question: Was their 40-17 throttling of the Tennessee Titans a sign of things to come, an unleashing of an offense that has spent much of the season inside the barn?
“I hope so,” Ben Roethlisberger said after a rare Monday practice. “I know everyone’s talking about we feel we have potential, we’re on the verge. I agree.”
So did his center.
“I really hope so because we’ve got the talent to do it,” Maurkice Pouncey said.