We just didn't want to see it.

2017 Season: Martavius Bryant running his mouth on Twitter. James Harrison (Yes, the very same) sleeping in team meetings then getting cut. Brown and Bell talking crap before the Jaguars playoff game. Steelers show up unprepared, fall down 28-7 and lose 45-42.

2018 Season: 7-2-1 Start. Bell holds out. Brown losing his mind. December collapse to 9-6-1.

2019 Season: 8-5 season falls to 8-8.

2020 Season: "Losing? Never heard of her." 11-0 Start collapses into 12-4. Destroyed in the first playoff game again by the Browns (whose coach was out).

2021 Season: Tomlin hires Matt Canada who sucks. Chase Claypool's inadvised taunt against the Vikings.

2022 Season: Mike Tomlin holds a bogus "Quarterback Competition" but it wasn't really one then hands the starting job to Mitch Trubisky. Calls on Kenny Pickett to save his season. Matt Canada still sucks, but the respectable finish saves him. Tomlin goes into 2023 with no changes to his staff, not seeing the holes.

2023 Season: Speaks for itself at this point.

So what's the broken record bellyaching again you ask? Well, it's simply pointing out that this isn't a particularly new thing with Mike Tomlin teams over the past few years. His teams have always been characterized by players displaying lack of discipline, unpreparedness and cancerous egos. We were able to look past it because the team had Ben and the immense talent, but it was clear that the emperor had no clothes. This season is simply the bottom falling out on a tumultuous stretch. What do you get with a coach who isn't particularly good at anything beside motivation, but was propped up by talent, then suddenly take away that talent? We pointed the finger at the "cancerous" players and not seeing where the problem was all along: The Steelers are poorly coached and the culture is poor.