The dynamics of the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room were under a microscope for much of the team’s 2023 season. Star defender T.J. Watt was pressed about it in an interview during Super Bowl 58 media week, particularly as it pertained to Ben Roethlisberger’s criticism of Steelers tradition last December.
“At the end of the day, it’s all about the guys in the locker room and it’s hard for people on the outside to truly get a feel for what’s going on on the inside,” Watt said in a Feb. 8 interview with Yahoo Sports’ Jason Fitz.
Watt went on to talk about how the team has to “come together” as a group. This has been the unfulfilled mantra for the past two seasons, yet the Steelers continue to underperform.
Though Ben Roethlisberger is heading into his third year of retirement, he’s not too far removed from his days in the Pittsburgh Steelers locker room. He now has an unfiltered outsider’s perspective on just how tradition and culture have changed in recent years.
Winning — with consistency — will make it all better. Only they’ve been on the wrong path. We’ll see if 2024 puts them on the right one.
