PITTSBURGH — The Steelers with Ben Roethlisberger at quarterback were always viewed as one of the battle-tested, veteran-laden teams that knew how to win the playoffs.
It made sense because Roethlisberger led the Steelers to two Super Bowl titles and a third Super Bowl appearance from 2004 to 2010, and many of the players from that era remained on the roster for several years. And that was followed by the "Killer Bs" era from 2013 to 2018 when, powered by Roethlisberger, Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell, the Steelers had a run of some degree of success. That era is often thought of as underachieving and it probably was, but they did have double-digit wins four years in a row and won three division titles and three playoff games during that run.
So the Steelers have been blessed to have a lot of players who have tasted playoff success with the organization and thus have always served as mentors to the new players coming through the door. There has seemingly always, going back into the 1980s, been a group of players on the roster who had experienced some degree of success.
