Between The Bookends, A Troubled Team

It's not often that a team comes away with a victory and ends up looking the worse for it, but here we are with the Steelers. Granted, I'll take the 2-1 start given how the team has played through three weeks, but unless there is marked improvement in the weeks to come, this team won't do much except prey upon the Seahawks and Curtis Painter-led Colts of the world.The Steelers' weaknesses were almost all glaringly evident last night. Only the play of the corners who aren't Ike Taylor weren't exploited because Painter and Collins simply weren't good enough to do it. Credit to Ike, by the way. He was tested often in single coverage deep and won the battle each time.There were some other things to be encouraged about. James Harrison continues to regain more and more of his dominating form each week. Last night, he wasn't very far off. Which is nice, because LaMarr Woodley isn't doing a heck of a lot from the other side. I've noticed over the past...