The Pittsburgh Steelers entered Saturday’s wild-card sport in opposition to the Baltimore Ravens on a four-game dropping streak and had been making an attempt to buck a development of sluggish begins of their previous playoff video games.
They didn’t do this, as they fell right into a 21-0 halftime deficit and confirmed no push or battle on both aspect of the ball.
Amazon Prime announcer Kirk Herbstreit reached a degree the place he had seen sufficient and known as out the Steelers’ effort and lack of battle.
It’s a honest query.
It may be troublesome to actively query the hassle and motivation {of professional} athletes given what they undergo to achieve that degree and put together for video games, particularly with regards to a collective group. However the Steelers weren’t solely dropping at that time, they had been getting bullied on each side of the sphere. Given the way in which they performed over the previous 4 weeks, and given the way in which they’ve performed in each playoff sport since their final playoff win within the 2016 season, all of it simply appeared the identical.
The Steelers recorded 59 complete yards within the first half, whereas the Ravens had 308. Quarterback Russell Wilson was 7-of-9 for 44 yards and solely led his group to 2 first downs.
It appeared like a group going by means of the motions and a group that had no solutions for something.
