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Steelers stray from formula

Deep down, you knew it couldn’t last. Everyone who was being honest with themselves had to know this formula for victory was very, very fragile. Certainly in today’s NFL, certainly in December, and especially so against teams good enough to be one win away from clinching a playoff spot.

After starting 0-3 and losing their franchise quarterback for the rest of the season halfway through those 12 quarters of not-good-enough football, the Steelers went on a tear and won eight of their next 10 games. The glass-half-full version of those two-and-half months is that the Steelers won with

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