The Steelers are 1-8 in Tomlin vs. teams with a .200 winning percentage or less

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We won but played a lot of teams close

2008: We beat the 4-12 Browns (1st meeting not 2nd) and 5-11 Jags by a combined 9 points

2010: Undefeated this year thanks to Stevie Johnson's OT drop in the end-zone in the game against the 4-12 Bills (would bring up Dolphins game but they would have finished 8-8 had we lost to them)

2011: Played in numerous close games against teams under .500, including the 3 point win over the Colts.

Tomlin has always struggled to prepare his team to get ready for games against bad teams, the mental toughness just comes into play in the ability to win these close games

The point is that Tomlin's teams were winning, not losing, vs bad teams. I don't care how they won, they won. Now, they aren't even doing that.

2011 was the start (some even say the 2010 playoffs) of the slide. They barely beat Curtis Painter in the Colts game in 2011. Curtis Painter.

We are now losing vs QBs on that level. Mike f'n Glennon.