Pittsburgh Steelers Need to Add Playmakers to Get Back to the Playoffs

January 23, 2013   ·   Chris G.   ·   Jump to comments

Do you want to know one of the reasons that the Pittsburgh Steelers failed to make the playoffs in 2012? Name the team’s playmakers.
Ben Roethlisberger.
Troy Polamalu.
And that would be it.
They lack any player who can consistently step up and make plays with both of these players in the lineup, let alone when they are injured and miss several games at a time.
The downfall on offense began with one of the most disappointing units on the team—the wide receivers.
Mike Wallace, Antonio Brown and Emmanuel Sanders were supposed to make up one of the best receiving trios in the league. Instead they underachieved and were noticed more for their drops, fumbles and overall lack of physicality than their big plays and touchdowns.
No longer were these receivers making big plays downfield on a consistent basis and they were not using their speed and quickness to take a short pass and make it into a long gain.
Wallace’s and Brown’s ave...

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