6 Pittsburgh Steelers midseason awards in 2020

The Pittsburgh Steelers are off to an 8-0 start and there are plenty of players who deserve credit. Here are my midseason awards.

Who would have thought that the Steelers would be undefeated at the halfway mark of the 2020 season? Though we knew their defense was going to be good this year, only the most optimistic fans could have rationally predicted a perfect season to this point. Though that spotless record was almost tarnished in a sloppy game against the Dallas Cowboys in Week 9, Pittsburgh remains the only unbeaten team halfway through the 2020 season.

Still, there was plenty of uncertainty surrounding this squad prior to the start of the season. Much of this had to do with Ben Roethlisberger. The 38-year-old quarterback was coming off a major elbow injury that cut his 2019 season short by 14 games. Early in the process, NFL experts didn’t know whether or not he would be able to make a full recovery from this. Yet here we are.

While Roethlisberger’s efficiency numbers haven’t exactly been through the roof, he has done more than enough to get the job done for his team this year. His most impressive trait in 2020 has been his improvement in taking care of the ball and making good decisions.

Thanks to a combination of a relatively weak strength of schedule and a team that is outperforming early expectations, the Steelers hold the best record in the National Football League and several players deserve an extra pat on the back for this. Here are six midseason awards for the Pittsburgh Steelers in 2020: