Hey Steelers Fans. Welcome to Monday.
The Kickoff
The Seattle Seahawks are your Super Bowl LX Champions which means the Pittsburgh Steelers remain tied with the New England Patriots with six Lombardi Trophies. That aside, I found it interesting how many teams – including the Steelers – posted content after the game about the “2026 season starting now.” I couldn’t disagree more. The next season always begins the day after the previous one ends for your team. Like it or not that’s how things work. Mike McCarthy has been assembling his staff, prospects are being scouted and free agents are being vetted. In other words, the 2026 season has been underway for most teams for quite some time now.
Super Bowl Takeaways
Defense matters. Or does it? There are two types of football in the NFL. Regular season football where offense reigns and officials throw a ton of flags and then there’s the postseason. Defenses are allowed to get away with a lot more and officials largely swallow their whistles – sorry Buffalo. The Seattle front was relentless and as bad as the Patriots’ O-Line was, a lot of that was on Drake Maye. Outside of maybe two throws, he was awful and his pocket presence was atrocious. They also suffered from an inability to get the running game going too. Meanwhile, the Seattle running game was the difference. Take away Kenneth Walker III and we may have had the worst Super Bowl ever played.
The Latest Podcast
In case you missed it, the latest episode of the SCB Steelers Podcast presented by DEK Roofing Inc is available. We discussed the coaching staff and started to look ahead to some important roster decisions.
What the Hell is This?
I’ve always appreciated the candor and honesty of Cam Heyward during his time in Pittsburgh but I’m a little confused by this. Is he suggesting that he’s closing the book on his career?
Offseason Dates to Know
Feb 17th through March 3rd – Teams may designate Franchise or Transition Players
Feb 23rd through March 2nd – NFL Combine in Indianapolis
March 9th – The legal “tampering period” begins
March 11th – New League Year Begins/Free Agency starts
March 29th through April 1st – Annual League Meetings, Arizona
April 6th – Teams with new coaches can begin their Offseason programs
April 20th – All teams may begin Offseason Training
April 23rd through April 25th – NFL Draft, Pittsburgh
Random Reads
The Patriots learned a valuable lesson last night. Starting two rookies on the same side of the offensive line doesn’t work out very well… Now that the Super Bowl is over I guess we can move our Halftime outrage over to the Olympics… The Seahawks have several guys in their secondary entering free agency. I would take a look at Josh Jobe immediately… The Dunkin Donuts ad with all of the old sitcom characters was great… According to the talking heads of the NFL this weekend, it’s looking more and more like Aaron Rodgers will be back. I’m not in favor of it. The time to move on from this cycle is here. Find some youth and roll the dice… Amazing shot of the military flyover last night. The B-1 Bomber flanked by the fighter jets was very cool… Why do the networks feel the need to show celebrities all the time? I do not care… Chris Collinsworth gets worse every game and his son should have been left on Alcatraz too!
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