5 reasons the Steelers were so bad at the beginning of the season

The Steelers got off to a horrible start last season.

Through the first eight games of the 2022 season, the Pittsburgh Steelers were an abysmal 2-6. Easily playing some of the worst football in the league and staring down a losing season.

But Pittsburgh found a way to turn things around during the bye week and went 7-2 down the stretch, nearly making the playoffs. How did they turn it around? We will dig into that later but for now let’s ponder why things went so wrong.