One player shouldn't make a huge difference on a football field. After all, at any one time, there are 10 other players out there.
Quarterbacks are an obvious exception to that rule since they handle the ball so often.
But the Steelers have found they are not the same team when they don't have Joe Haden on the field. Since signing him after he was released by Cleveland last August, the Steelers are 13-3-1 (.794 win percentage) when they have Haden in the lineup. Without him? They're 4-2 (.667).
The Steelers are finding that Haden, their ageless 29-year-old cornerback, is no average Joe.
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