PITTSBURGH -- If we have learned anything about these Pittsburgh Steelers, it is that they are capable of playing at a Super Bowl level, especially on defense, and they are also capable of looking like a bottom-feeder -- sometimes within the same game.

That is life in the NFL, but the Steelers' swings seem to be more extreme than most.

Very few teams are capable of reaching the high of playing defense at a level the Steelers did Sunday in a win over Indianapolis. A lot of teams can achieve the level of awful the Steelers were in the second half against Green Bay and the whole game against Cincinnati.

That's probably the nature of this team and isn't going to change. I don't see it achieving a level of consistency because there are still a number of flaws on both sides of the ball.

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