I suppose if you are the Pittsburgh Steelers and you aren’t going to make the playoffs you might as well go out removing any doubt if they deserved to be there. Pittsburgh completely collapsed on Sunday against the Baltimore Ravens and finished off an ugly season with an ugly loss.

Here are our three big takeaways from the loss.

This defense was tired of trying to carry the offense

By the second offensive drive of the Ravens, you could already see the fatigue on the Steelers defense. This was partially to do with the 7+ minute drive the Ravens put together on their opening drive followed by a 44-second three-and-out by the Steelers offense, parking them right back on the field.

But more than that you can tell there was emotional fatigue set in all game long from a defense who was just tired of trying to pick up after an inept offense.