What the Steelers did right in their first loss of the season

Still Playing the Same Way

Some first thoughts would be, “How is the playstyle in a loss the correct way to play?” Well, the playstyle is not necessarily the reason for losing, and it has certainly worked wonderfully up until this point, as this one slip-up has only made Pittsburgh “fall” to 11-1.

For all 11 wins and a single loss, the Steelers have played the same kind of ball throughout this entire stretch of the 2020 season thus far–physical, competitive, and sometimes low-scoring. As cheesy as it may sound, a win is a win. So who cares about how convincing it is? Some dude behind a keyboard hating on the team is the absolute least of Pittsburgh’s concerns. If what you are doing as a franchise has you winning 11 out of 12 games, what is there that should desperately be changed?

The problem with the NFL demographic is that all the viewers approach professional football as if it is collegiate. An unbeaten NFL team is not the same as an unbeaten Alabama. The professional game is much more competitive. A couple of reasons for this is that players have less control over where they do and do not want to play and because there is no control whatsoever in regards to formulating a schedule.

So yeah, you will probably never see a 63-7 domination in the National Football League. But in the opening weeks of college football? That is just about all you will see. Stop looking for the Steelers to decimate all of their competition, and there will be no reason to call them “weak” or “overrated” with their playstyle.

As Big Ben stated, the Steelers’ eyes are focused on the main prize, the Super Bowl. Going undefeated was merely a bonus. And it is now a bonus that we sadly did not achieve. But it was a well-fought game against Washington, and all Pittsburgh has to do is take the loss on the chin and continue to move forward. With the Buffalo Bills on the horizon, that is really all they can afford to do.