We are back in the kitchen, folks. The Pittsburgh Steelers are in the beautiful vacation hotspot known as Cleveland, OH for their second AFC North battle in 5 days; this time against the Cleveland Browns.

The goal is the Super Bowl, and anything less would be a failure, in my opinion. It’s been close to a decade since I’ve felt this way about the Pittsburgh Steelers.

It took us until week 11 to get our first taste of AFC North football, and it comes with some SERIOUS seeding implications. The Baltimore Ravens are traveling to the City of Steel for a good-on-good battle against the Pittsburgh Steelers, with the winner securing their hold on first place in the AFC North.

That means that the Commanders won the turnover battle 1-2, but still dropped this game due to some costly mistakes; most notably jumping offsides on the hard count late in the 4th quarter to seal the Steelers win.

I cannot stress this enough: we HAVE TO WIN THE TURNOVER BATTLE. This is probably the most nervous I've been about a game this year.

During that presser, he made a comment about how the Steelers were actively searching for WRs, as well as other positions to ensure this team is ready for the brutal back half of the season. Immediately, speculation began on ‘Steelers Twitter’ about what position(s) he could be talking about. It turns out, that position was OLB, but more on that later.

Obviously, the Steelers opening drive touchdown was called back because of a facemask call on Broderick Jones. We ended up kicking a FG on the end of that drive. It sucks that we’re 8-9 weeks into this season, and we’re still talking about the points being left on the field because of the constant mistakes by one guy, but here we are.

The Pittsburgh Steelers are hosting the New York Giants tonight on Monday Night Football. Outside of the wide receiver chatter throughout the week, it has been a relaxing week for Steelers fans, watching the Ravens take a loss knowing that we have a REAL opportunity to take control of the AFC North heading into the bye week. Standing in our way is rookie star Malik Nabers and the Giants who are…quite frankly…not very good.

After a slow start, with the Jets leading 15-6, the Steelers proceeded to step on their throats for the rest of the game en route to a 37-15 win; a hell of a start for the Russell-Wilson-led Steelers offense.

In the year 2024, the Aaron-Rodgers-led Jets are traveling to Pittsburgh to take on the Russell-Wilson-led Steelers on Sunday Night Football. Can you imagine how strange that sentence would’ve sounded a decade ago? But, here we are.

However, earlier today Ian Rapoport confirmed the rumblings that Russell Wilson will be starting against the Jets on Sunday Night Football in Pittsburgh. Rap Sheet added that Justin Fields will play as well, presumably in specialty packages for him to use his legs.

With that being said, this has been a depressing week, and I wanted to put this game behind me, so I didn’t do a super-duper deep dive in this one.

My oh my…what a difference two weeks makes in the National Football League.

I have had an extremely relaxing start to my Sunday. There’s something really serene about the early window of NFL Sunday when the Steelers aren’t in it. No stress, no anxiety…just NFL RedZone and good vibes. While I had that going, I also rewatched the Cowboys vs. Giants game from last week, which the Cowboys won 20-15.

The Steelers marched into the ‘LAHD HAHSE’ in Indianapolis for a bizarre game against the Colts that resulted in a 27-24 loss for the Steelers. I call the game bizarre, because Indianapolis looked like the better team to me, and yet, the Steelers should’ve won that game. The offense seemed ready to put this team on its back at times, but still made costly mistakes when shit got tight.

All of those topics are worthy of discussion, but there’s something special happening in Pittsburgh at the quarterback position that takes precedence over all of those things.

They could’ve played this game in LA or Pittsburgh…it wouldn’t have mattered. The stands would be filled with Terrible Towels either way. Chargers fans exist only in myth.

Troy Fautanu was solid in his Steelers’ debut at right tackle in the team’s win over the Denver Broncos. It was something I was excited to sing his praises about, but the excitement seems to be for naught, at least for now, as news came out earlier that he suffered “a little tweak” in today’s practice.

 Last year, it was three-and-out seemingly every time the Steelers touched the ball. We’re clearly much better than we were then, and there’s a reasonable path to growth and prosperity for them on that side of the ball.

The Pittsburgh Steelers defense was absolutely DOMINANT in a convincing 13-6 win against the Denver Broncos on Sunday afternoon. That win, paired with losses from the Bengals and Ravens, puts the Steelers two games ahead of the two powerhouses in the AFC North.