PITTSBURGH (TNS) — There's a lot of NFL football on over the next few days while the Steelers thankfully get a break from filling the airwaves. Nose tackle Keeanu Benton plans on watching some games, but first, he needs to spend time with his family in town for the holidays. They didn't exactly get the best version of Benton when he came home Wednesday from Acrisure Stadium after the Steelers' 29-10 loss to the Chiefs.
"I was kind of grouchy on Christmas," Benton said. "I was the Grinch." All is not well in Whoville.
The 6-foot-4, 309-pound Benton is somewhat of a jolly giant and he was trying to put a smile on in a solemn Steelers locker room the morning after their latest dismantling at the hands of the Chiefs. Most are trying to find the balance between consternation over a three-game losing skid and confidence that they can right the ship. Thursday afternoon on the South Side was nearly as quiet as Wednesday evening on the North Shore.
Russell Wilson was there armed with his usual positivity. Hopefully, he was able to keep that disposition a little later in the day when the Steelers met as a team and turned on the film of their latest double-digit defeat. "I'm not even gonna want to watch the film right now," special teams captain Miles Killebrew said.
"But you have to do things you don't want to do. Gotta get ahead on the Bengals, and that's what needs to be done." Killebrew did Christmas with his wife and kids Thursday before heading to the practice facility.
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