It turned out to be a Disaster in Cincinnati, one in which the offense, the defense, the coaching on both sides of the ball and ultimately Mike Tomlin emerged culpable in the wake of a golden opportunity lost.

Even Aaron Rodgers.

But Rodgers’ contributing transgression to Bengals 33, Steelers 31 was imperfection.

As for the rest, their performance against the Bengals suggests they may be on the way to wasting quarterback play that isn’t perfect but easily qualifies as the next best thing.

And that would be a terrible thing to waste.

The run defense was horrific. The pass defense was non-existent. A Rodgers check-out of a flea-flicker that might have seemed like a good idea at the time it was called but was eventually deemed destined for failure prior to the ball being snapped was miss

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