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Why isn’t Ben-to-Brown connection clicking?

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Ben Roethlisberger (7) walks off the field as Antonio Brown (84) looks on during Sunday's loss to Baltimore -- MATT SUNDAY / DKPS

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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