3 things we learned from Steelers loss against Buffalo Bills

The Steelers lack of a running game could be our undoing down the stretch

I will not play the ‘blame game’ when it comes to the Steelers seeming inability to run the ball with any consistency as the cause is generally a combination of several factors.  One of those factors I think has to do with the evolution of the Steelers offense.

What I see when I watch a game in 2020 is not what I saw when I started watching football and started rooting for the Steelers in 1978.  I realize that as the game has evolved over that 42 year period, so has the offense; however, we have always been able to run the ball with at least a modicum of consistency and efficiency.

Against the Bills, the Steelers offense generated a paltry 47 yards on the ground; that is just not good and is just not what I would consider being Steelers football.  Look, I really don’t care how we win a game, but when the weather starts to turn cold and the calendar gets down one page, that is the time to ‘crank up the heat’ and ‘pound the rock’.

To ‘add insult to injury’, through 13 games of the 2020 season, the Steelers offense is ranked 31st in rushing.  Again, that is not a recipe for sustained success.  We have proven that we can win games sans the vaunted Steelers rushing attack, but how long can we last in the playoffs if we can’t run the ball effectively?

Let’s take a look at the second thing we learned.