Short-yardage woes tell the tale

FOXBOROUGH, Ma. – Wow, that was awful.

If I hadn’t been there every day with them at Saint Vincent College and seen it with my own eyes, if I hadn’t also watched every snap of four preseason games, explaining this 33-3 loss to New England here by saying the Steelers had skipped training camp and the preseason and just showed up at Gillette Stadium to open their 2019 regular season, well, that would have been plausible.

ANALYSIS

But since they did spend 20-plus days living in a college dormitory plus another fortnight at the UPMC Rooney Sports Complex plus a complete preseason