Pittsburgh Steelers players acknowledge the season isn’t over yet
After back-to-back losses, the Pittsburgh Steelers have every right to dive into panic mode. But they see what needs to be fixed, and they aren’t worried.
Following the team’s loss to the Chargers on Sunday night, the NFL began to view the Steelers as a bottom of the pack Super Bowl team. Unlike the rising Texans, Chargers and Patriots, the Steelers are struggling to find traction in the second half of the season.
From the outside, it appears they have lost their way the last two weeks. But inside the locker room, the Steelers are continuing to look forward, knowing they have what it takes to stay on track. Jeremy Fowler spoke to a few players who aren’t concerned with their recent struggles.
"“It’s just two losses. We good,” Joe Haden told Fowler. “We’re still on the path of what we need to do. We’ve still got four games left. We’ve just got to tighten back up.”"
Two losses this late in the season isn’t good for the first-round bye hopes, but the Steelers’ only goal is Super Bowl. They aren’t concerned with how they get there but rather that they stay on track.
"“You can’t say anything about our offense. Our offense scored 30 points,” Cameron Heyward told Fowler. “As a defense, we’re not getting the job done.”"
With four games left, there is still plenty of time for this team to turn their losing ways around. Momentum plays a major role come the postseason, and earning four more wins before then goes a long way no matter where the Steelers place in the AFC.
There are certainly concerns with this team right now. The play-calling is questionable, James Conner is dealing with injury and the defense has not played well the last two weeks. But with plenty of time left, the panic button doesn’t need to be hit just yet.
"“We don’t make excuses,” Antonio Brown explained. “We still have a quarter left of football, and we still have our goals right in front of us.”"
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Don’t count out the Pittsburgh Steelers until their season is over. This team can compete with the best, even a loss to the Chargers showed that. There are things that need to be corrected, but by the end of the regular season, the Steelers can be a completely different team than their Week 13 performance showed.