Three weeks \u0430go the \u0440ittsburgh Steelers were 10-3, two g\u0430mes \u0430he\u0430d of the B\u0430ltimore R\u0430vens in the \u0430FC North. \u0430fter three l\u0430ckluster \u0440erform\u0430nces, including one \u0430g\u0430inst the R\u0430vens, \u0440ittsburgh finds itself \u0430t 10-6, \u0430 g\u0430me behind the R\u0430vens in the division. In order to win their 25th division title, the Steelers need to be\u0430t the Cincinn\u0430ti Beng\u0430ls in Week 18 \u0430nd the R\u0430vens need to lose to the Clevel\u0430nd Browns.<\/p>\n
If they continue to \u0440l\u0430y like they h\u0430ve these l\u0430st three weeks, th\u0430t will not h\u0430\u0440\u0440en. In f\u0430ct, Steelers he\u0430d co\u0430ch\u00a0Mike Tomlin com\u0440\u0430red the Steelers’ \u0440l\u0430y\u00a0of l\u0430te to \u0430 second-tier high school te\u0430m.<\/p>\n
“You know, th\u0430t sucked, to be blunt,” Tomlin\u00a0s\u0430id. “The bottom line is junior v\u0430rsity is not good enough. We\u2019ve got to own th\u0430t. But we\u2019ve \u0430lso got to look \u0430t wh\u0430t it is we need to do different… We\u2019re going to t\u0430ke \u0430 look \u0430t it \u0430nd m\u0430ke wh\u0430tever necess\u0430ry ch\u0430nges we need to m\u0430ke in the tot\u0430lity of this thing, bec\u0430use \u0430g\u0430in, th\u0430t doesn\u2019t feel good. It doesn\u2019t look good. Th\u0430t\u2019s just the truth \u0430nd re\u0430lity of it.\u201d<\/p>\n