Dominant Aerial Attack Makes Steelers Sneaky-Good Pick to Win AFC

December 7, 2015   ·   Brad Gagnon   ·   Jump to comments

Pittsburgh Steelers starters Ben Roethlisberger, Le'Veon Bell, Kelvin Beachum, Maurkice Pouncey, Ryan Shazier and Cortez Allen have missed a combined 43 games. Bell, Beachum, Pouncey and Allen remain out indefinitely. And yet the Steelers might be peaking just when Super Bowl contenders want to do so. 
That's scary. 
The supposedly short-handed Steelers demolished the Indianapolis Colts, 45-10, on Sunday night, marking the second straight week in which they outplayed a reigning division champion. 
Pittsburgh lost a hard-fought road game against the Seattle Seahawks in Week 12, scoring 30 points at CenturyLink Field. Had the team won that, it'd be riding a four-game winning streak entering the final quarter of the 2015 NFL regular season. 
And because the 7-5 Steelers should ride this wave into the playoffs and won't likely catch the 10-2 Cincinnati Bengals, the statements they're making matter. By heating up down the stretch, despi...

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