PITTSBURGH — As the Pittsburgh Steelers defense took the field midway through the fourth quarter on Wednesday, the video board at Acrisure Stadium faded to black, and “Renegade” blared through the speakers. Typically, this is one of the magical moments at every Steelers game. Fans wave their Terrible Towels and scream in full throat, trying to will the defense to a critical stop.
Advertisement Not this time. With their team trailing the Kansas City Chiefs 29-10, fans responded by actually booing their own defensive anthem. As much as anything else, that moment summed up the state of the Steelers.
Once in the driver’s seat to win the AFC North with a two-game lead over the Baltimore Ravens, Pittsburgh embarked upon a pivotal three-games-in-11-days stretch against the Philadelphia Eagles, Ravens and Chiefs. Considering the quality of the competition, these 11 days were going to tell us plenty about how the Steelers stacked up against legitimate Super Bowl contenders. What did we learn? Well, the Steelers didn’t just lose all three.
They were out-coached, out-played, and out-matched in embarrassing fashion, resulting in a combined margin of 90-40. The Steelers had three chances to prove they’re a contender — and struck out. GO DEEPER Chiefs handle Steelers 29-10 on Christmas to secure AFC top seed: Takeaways “The last three weeks, we played like s—,” defensive co-captain Cameron Heyward said.
“Simple as that. I own that. Every player’s got to own it in he.
