Perhaps we should have seen this slow start coming from the Steelers. After all, the Steelers have entered every new season for the better part of the past decade with a Green Day kind of feeling.
You know, "Wake me up when September ends."
The Steelers' 1-2-1 start in the month of September is nothing new for the team. After all, in the past 10 seasons, they are 16-16-1 in games to open the season in that month. And that includes a 3-0 record in 2010, their only unblemished record in the opening month in the past decade.
That's the bad news. The good? They have typically recovered and played better moving on.
A quick look at the calendar now shows that it's now October as the Steelers prepare to host the Falcons Sunday at Heinz Field.
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