The collapse began when the Pittsburgh Steelers went up 13-0 and ended when the Steelers walked off the field 7-7 after the collapse culminated with a vengeful Indianapolis Colts in the final seconds to blow out Pittsburgh 31-10. As hard as it is for us to even talk about this game, we offer you our humble takeaways.
This team is done
There might be three games left to play but at this point, after a third straight miserable performance, the motivation could not be lower. If you were still defending the fact that the Steelers hadn’t given up after the last two weeks, can you really continue to say it?
Mason Rudolph? Really?
We will dig more into the bizarre move by head coach Mike Tomlin to bench Mitch Trubisky with less than two minutes to play in favor of Mason Rudolph and how foolish that makes him look but for now suffice it to say, it was a meaningless gesture.
Can Mike Tomlin make it out of this?
Is there anything Tomlin can do in the last three games to save his job after the last three weeks? A case could be made this was the worst performance of the three despite the records just because of how they let a 13-point lead slip away.
Don't blame the injuries
Apologists are going to talk about losing Minkah Fitzpatrick and the ejection of Damontae Kazee, but that doesn’t hold water. The Colts tore the Steelers’ defense up with backups at quarterbacks, running backs and wide receivers.
