The top priority for theSteelers: finding a way, any way, to beat the visiting San Diego Chargers on Sunday and avoid a dreaded 1-3 start for the first time since the 2006 season.
I'm prepared to tell you why, even though the Cincinnati Bengals and Chicago Bears picked theSteelers defense clean in the fourth quarter like a Thanksgiving turkey, the problem isn't with the players as much as with the team's late-game approach.
CINCINNATI ? During a first half that theSteelers dominated, Bengals fans cheered sarcastically after a couple of plays in which Cincinnati gained yardage.
Why not the Bengals?Eight years had passed since Cincinnati beat the Pittsburgh Steelers at home, an excruciating streak that symbolized the gulf between the two family-run franchises.