If there was any hope of the Pittsburgh Steelers competing with the Buffalo Bills on Sunday, it got snuffed out when the Bills got a 98-yard passing touchdown on the team’s third play of the game. Pittsburgh got put on its heels and put up very little fight in the 38-3 blowout loss.
The one bright spot for the Steelers on the day is it seems they have their franchise quarterback and he has his favorite receiving target. On a day when guys like Diontae Johnson and Chase Claypool were dropping passes no veteran should, Pickett found George Pickens reliable for a second week in a row. Pickett finished with 327 passing yards and Pickens led the team with six receptions for 83 yards.
Defensively is where the bad news got worse. This group continues to be lost without linebacker T.J. Watt and the problems were compounded by numerous other injuries. The patchwork group allowed Bills quarterback Josh Allen to throw for a mind-boggling 424 yards and Allen was benched with 10 minutes to play for 500 yards would have been a simple goal.
Pittsburgh now returns home and needs to regroup in time for Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers to come town looked to extend Pittsburgh’s losing streak to five games.
