PITTSBURGH (AP) -The disappointment and confusion are very evident in a downcast Pittsburgh Steelers locker room. An explanation for one of the most baffling failures by any Super Bowl champion isn’t nearly as obvious.
Normally in mid-December, the Steelers (6-7) are trying to get healthy as they gear up for the playoffs. Instead, the Steelers returned to work on a gloomy Monday with the knowledge their season is all but certain to end Jan. 3 in Miami.
Losses to three of the NFL’s worst teams – the Browns (2-11), Raiders (4-9) and Chiefs (3-10) – plus defeats to Cincinnati (9-4) and Baltimore (7-6) quickly turned a very good season into a very bad one. Now the offseason looks to be unexpectedly long and unpleasantly empty for a team that’s played in four AFC championship games since 2001.
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