Through the first five games of the Steelers 2020 season, the thought of them earning that now quite-elusive postseason bye—only the first seed in each conference gets one these days—seemed like a bit of a pipe dream.
Yes, the Steelers were 5-0 for the first time since 1978, but look who at they beat? A bunch of nobodies and the Browns, which, I mean…
Surely, they weren’t in the same class as the world champion Chiefs, the back-to-back AFC North-champion Ravens or even the Bills and their Week 7 opponents, the Titans, right?