25-03-2025
Steelers legend gives the hard truth about team's flaws
Steelers legend gives the hard truth about team's flaws
I've always considered myself very fortunate to have grown up watching the great Pittsburgh Steelers teams of the 1970s. That group that won four Super Bowls in six seasons will always rank among the strongest NFL dynasties of all time. One of the anchors of those elite Steelers defenses was cornerback Mel Blount. A player so physical and so dominant that the NFL had to change the rules to accommodate him.
Blount was recently on Ben Roethlisberger's Footbahlin with Ben Roethlisberger Podcast, and he didn't hold back from discussing the problems with the Steelers roster. Blount didn't have much good to say about the team and really said the quiet part out loud about the weaknesses on this roster.
'I think the Steelers, right now, they could use help at every position,' Blount said.
The thing is, Blount isn't wrong. He goes on to say that if the defense didn't have T.J. Watt, they wouldn't have much. There's no denying the Steelers defense has woefully underachieved given the financial investment the team has made. It has to be tough be a player like Blount, who spent his entire career in Pittsburgh and was part of the Steel Curtain defense, watching his franchise unravel like it has.
Pittsburgh heads into 2025 having not won a playoff game since 2016. For the fifth straight season, there is uncertainty at the quarterback position and the team will have its fifth different starter in as many years this season. For a franchise that prides itself so much on continuity and consistency, this is completely out of character and a huge reason why this team has struggled since the retirement of Roethlisberger.
