The Pittsburgh Steelers have somehow managed to be the talk of the NFL even though they are not even playing right now, while eight other teams are. While a team that is not even participating in the postseason shouldn’t be pulling down all the headlines, that pretty much comes with the territory when you have one of the most high-profile players in the game going AWOL and having the discussion revolve around whether or not he will have to be traded from a flagship franchise.
That is big dadgum news, which is why it’s everywhere, and why we’re not going to apologize for covering it extensively.