There weren’t many pleasant surprises for the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. After escaping Week 1 with a win despite an inconsistent offensive performance, the expectation was that another week together would help Mike McCarthy, Aaron Rodgers and company take a step forward.
The Pittsburgh Steelers have discovered an uncomfortable flaw in the idea that more answers automatically create a better offense. Two games into Mike McCarthy's return to calling plays for Aaron Rodgers, Pittsburgh has produced one offensive touchdown, struggled to stay on schedule and followed an uneven opener with a 20-3 loss in New England.
The Pittsburgh Steelers spent the spring wondering which late-round rookies could survive long enough to become useful. September has already produced one answer in a place where draft status usually stops mattering the moment the ball is kicked.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers hired Mike McCarthy in late January to become just the fourth head coach since 1969. However, this time, the Steelers took a different route from the young, defensive-minded, first-time head coaches who had previously guided the franchise to six Super Bowl titles.
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A back injury, a second opinion, and a coaching staff walking a tightrope have turned the Porter situation into the biggest distraction of the Steelers’ season.
The Pittsburgh Steelers lost to the New England Patriots by a score of 20-3 on Sunday. Pittsburgh could only muster up three points in what was an offensive disaster.
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The Pittsburgh Steelers’ offense was made to look helpless in Week 2 against the New England Patriots, causing coach Mike McCarthy to point the finger at himself.
The Pittsburgh Steelers looked absolutely horrible against the New England Patriots in Week 2. When an offense scores fewer points than the opposing defense, nobody is coming out with positives from the contest.
Jim Nantz and J.J. Watt were on Patriots-Steelers on Sunday when a simple McCarthy story got told twice. New England won, but the clip that moved was Nantz delivering Watt’s line back to the audience.
The Pittsburgh Steelers learned after Sunday's 20-3 loss to the New England Patriots that Mike McCarthy had sensed trouble before kickoff. He says Wednesday and Thursday practices were not clean, yet the offense arrived in Foxborough unable to consistently block, protect or move the ball.
The Pittsburgh Steelers had months to build an offense that could control a game on the ground. On Sunday, the New England Patriots made them look incapable of controlling even the next snap.
The Pittsburgh Steelers may have struggled to generate much offensively in their Week 2 loss to the New England Patriots, but the defense once again gave them a chance to win.
Through two weeks, the Pittsburgh Steelers have not gotten very good play from their offensive line. In fact, you could argue that the unit as a whole has stunk.
Despite having a so-called offensive guru calling the shots and one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time, the Pittsburgh Steelers couldn't get anything going on offense in Week 2.
Rodgers looked past his prime when he lost a fumble that was returned for a touchdown early in the fourth quarter of Sunday's game and when he went 23-of-39 passing for 187 yards with an interception and four sacks taken.
The Pittsburgh Steelers didn’t have many highlights to celebrate in Sunday’s 20-3 loss to the New England Patriots, but Patrick Queen provided one of the defense’s biggest plays of the afternoon.
Porter missed a second straight game when he sat out what became a 20-3 loss to the New England Patriots on Sunday afternoon.
When the Cleveland Browns were embarrassed in their Week 1 loss to the Jacksonville Jaguars, the jokes immediately started to roll in. One of the most notable ones came from longtime Browns nemesis, former Pittsburgh Steelers coach Mike Tomlin, when he quoted JuJu Smith-Schuster on NBC, saying, "The Browns is the Browns."
DK went completely MIA during Week 2. Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver DK Metcalf had a rough day at the office against the New England Patriots on Sunday.
The Pittsburgh Steelers and Joey Porter Jr. aren't on the same page about his contract situation, leading some to question the validity of his injury.
Having played a minor role in his NFL debut, Bernard is primed to shoulder a significantly heavier load against the Patriots.
Star cornerback Joey Porter Jr. will miss his second straight game with an injury, though the timing is rather suspicious.
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