PITTSBURGH — By almost every measure, the Steelers season was a failure. They didn't make the playoffs despite going 7-2 down the stretch and finishing with a 9-8 record. They won't win a postseason game for the sixth consecutive year, a futility streak that hasn't happened in 50 years for the once-proud franchise.
But the season was a success in one significant way:
The development of Kenny Pickett.
