Not a Learning Experience, But a Pleasant One

Two games with wildly divergent outcomes against opponents of wildly uneven quality. That's what we have to base our current expectations of the 2011 Steelers. I hoped to learn something about the Steelers through Sunday's performance, and I did, though not quite enough to get a firm idea of where exactly they stand. It was a heartingly display, if not a very instructive one.If anything is certain, however, it's that the Seahawks are, if not the worst, then combing somewhere at or near the bottom of the league. That is plainly an atrociously bad football team. When the Steelers failed on the 4th and goal on their first scoring chance, I cringed for the worst. But the worst never came. Even through what was still a mostly shaky outing by the Steelers, there was never even the meekest of threats posed by Seattle. It was as though the game was being played on Madden rookie mode.Ben Roethlisberger, injured or not, has looked about as bad as he has since the '08 season wh...