Well, that was a football game that happened. The Steelers lost 26-7 to a banged up Buffalo Bills team Sunday afternoon, falling to 6-6 on the season. As always, there are takeaways to be had:

1. The Steelers have deflated

Sunday’s loss was one of the most painful, hard-to-watch games I’ve ever seen from Pittsburgh. And I’ve written about this team for years now and have seen some real stinkers in recent seasons.

The run defense has been the central narrative, with the Steelers giving up a whopping 249 yards — the most they’ve allowed at home since 1975 — including 4.9 yards per carry. The Buffalo passing offense wasn’t firing on all cylinders most of the afternoon, but it didn’t really matter. What the Bills wanted on the ground, they got.

Pittsburgh was down Derrick Harmon during the

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