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06-07-2014, 01:13 PM
Offseason Report Card: Steelers
Posted June 06, 2014
By Chris Burke
The Pittsburgh Steelers missed the playoffs in 2012. Then they missed them again in 2013. Just like that, the franchise is facing its longest postseason drought since 1998-2000, a stretch that Pittsburgh followed with three Super Bowl trips and two Super Bowl wins over the next decade.
GM Kevin Colbert has spent the past two offseasons trying simultaneously to strip down his team’s unwieldy payroll and to stay competitive as the championship window with his core pieces closes. The results of that work have been mixed at best.
“I think with any decision, you look back on it and you start with where we were. We finished 8-8 [last season],” Colbert said. “In my opinion, none of the decisions [we made] were good enough because we weren’t in the playoffs.”
Read More...http://nfl.si.com/2014/06/06/pittsburgh-steelers-offseason-report-card/
Posted June 06, 2014
By Chris Burke
The Pittsburgh Steelers missed the playoffs in 2012. Then they missed them again in 2013. Just like that, the franchise is facing its longest postseason drought since 1998-2000, a stretch that Pittsburgh followed with three Super Bowl trips and two Super Bowl wins over the next decade.
GM Kevin Colbert has spent the past two offseasons trying simultaneously to strip down his team’s unwieldy payroll and to stay competitive as the championship window with his core pieces closes. The results of that work have been mixed at best.
“I think with any decision, you look back on it and you start with where we were. We finished 8-8 [last season],” Colbert said. “In my opinion, none of the decisions [we made] were good enough because we weren’t in the playoffs.”
Read More...http://nfl.si.com/2014/06/06/pittsburgh-steelers-offseason-report-card/