The Pittsburgh Steelers are in a free fall. After escaping Jacksonville with a win, they’ve now dropped two straight games to AFC West opponents.
And really, for three straight games, the Steelers have been all over the map. They’ve shown flashes of brilliance and then been an utter disgrace.
Let’s be fair here. The officiating in the loss to the Chargers was beyond pitiful. In all honesty, if a referee from that crew doesn’t lose their job, something is wrong. They essentially spotted the Chargers two touchdowns.
However, the Steelers were horrendous in the second half. Pittsburgh punted on their first three possessions in the second half while Los Angeles scored touchdowns on their first three possessions.
With a difficult schedule looming, the Steelers have got to back to the drawing board and fix a lot of things quickly. In the meantime, there were some bright spots in a bad loss at home.
Antonio Brown
Just when everyone thinks they’ve got Brown figured out, he goes out and proves everyone wrong again.
With the underwhelming season that Brown has had, for his standards at least, there have been many people questioning whether Brown has still has it or not. Games like tonight show people that he’s still one of the best.
It didn’t take long for Brown to get involved. He caught two passes on the Steelers’ first drive which led to a James Conner touchdown. Brown hauled in a total of 10 catches for 154 yards and a touchdown on the night.
Brown looked quick as ever in his route-running and was finding great separation. If it weren’t for a great play by Derwin James down the sideline, Brown would have had an amazing catch that would have put the Steelers in field goal range.
Brown was by far the best player on offense for the Steelers. He was lightning all over the field, and unfortunately, even 10 catches couldn’t get the job done Sunday night.