Are the Pittsburgh Steelers a good football team or a bad one? Well, a 4-2 record and sitting atop the AFC North would be points in the “good column.” But the defensive stats would be a major point in the “bad” column.
It’s hard to say whether the Steelers are good or bad. That’s precisely why Jared Dubin of CBSSports.com ranks the Steelers among “The Fringe” in the NFL.
“If the Steelers hadn’t lost to the Bengals this past week, they might be in the tier above this,” Dubin wrote. “But they get the Packers, Colts and Chargers in their next three games and — one way or another — things could look much different for them soon.