... against the Detroit Lions Sunday afternoon:

1. Once is an accident, twice is a trend. But what do you call three or four times? Fatal, that’s what.

Once again, the uninspired Steelers took a lead into the fourth period, and once again, they had one foot over a cliff at the finish. And remember, this was against a toothless Lions team.

Anyone one who thinks the trend will change any time soon has chugged too much black and gold Kool-Aid lately. This group has too much age and too little focus to put teams away any more.

2. For the record, the Steelers haven’t had a wire-to-wire blowout since Week 17 of last season, a span of eight games. And that was the Cleveland Browns, so it doesn’t count, really.

3. The...

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