Steelers’ 8-0 record a mirage covering fatal flaws poised ruin ‘special season’

Pop a Prozac, Pittsburgh. Football warning signs are flashing brightly and loudly in the 412 area code about these far-from perfect 8-0 Steelers, who seem to be flirting with their first loss week in and week out. Yes, I’m talking about the real risk of this supposedly perfect team losing to the better-than-advertised Joe Burrow-led Bengals at Heinz Field this Sunday. The biggest worry centers on Big Ben, who is in COVID quarantine this week and won’t be able to practice. Roethlisberger could be cleared to play in the Bengals’ game. But he’d enter the contest with no practice, two injured knees and the current troubling trend of sleepwalking along with the rest of the Steelers offense for the entire first half of games. And that’s just tops in the long list of Steelers laments featured in this ‘living in our fears’ edition of the Steelers Update Podcast. If you’re not worried yet, you will be after listening to my spooky screed of Steelers’ scares. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices