Steelers’ season continues to tumble out of control as Colts get a huge win

With their playoff hopes slowly vanishing, the Pittsburgh Steelers allowed Gardner Minshew II, Trey Sermon, Tyler Goodson and D.J. Montgomery beat them. Minshew is a backup. Goodson had three career carries before Saturday and Montgomery had three career catches that came back in 2021. Sermon was a draft bust with the San Francisco 49ers.

Those are the second- and third-stringers who might have ended the Steelers’ best chance to stay in the playoff race. There can be no excuses for the Steelers. The Colts overcame their adversity in a 30-13 win that is a big one in the AFC wild-card race. Minshew threw three touchdowns, Goodson and Sermon broke several big runs in combining for 157 yards and Montgomery scored a touchdown in a huge win. Indianapolis is 8-6 after the win.

Meanwhile, the Steelers might be finished. Mike Tomlin’s oft-mentioned streak of never having a losing season is in danger. The Steelers are 7-7 having lost four of their last five and three in a row. They benched quarterback Mitchell Trubisky late in the fourth quarter after a bad interception, but that seemed cosmetic. Trubisky was bad, but it’s not like Mason Rudolph was leading them back. It seemed like just another scapegoat.

There are still three games left in the regular season and the Steelers aren’t eliminated from playoff contention. They can still save their season. It just doesn’t seem like a team that can play well enough to save its season, or even keep it alive much longer.

Steelers have another poor effort

The Colts haven’t had starting quarterback Anthony Richardson for a while. Star running back Jonathan Taylor is out. Zack Moss and Michael Pittman Jr. were injured in the first half Saturday. If you want to give the Steelers a pass for the loss because they had injuries at quarterback and safety, it doesn’t hold up well.

The Steelers are just a poor football team right now. They started well on Saturday and it seemed like they might have some fight left. They led 13-0 early in the…

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Publish date : 2023-12-17 00:34:09

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