Steelers motivated to prove critics wrong

No, that’s not Mean Joe Greene, nasty Jack Lambert or give-not-an-inch Mel Blount out there playing defense for the motivated Pittsburgh Steelers. It only seems like it’s 1976 again.

The Steelers needed two quarterbacks to throw for all of 21 yards Sunday at Tennessee, the fewest they’ve had in a victory since at least 1960. Their offense hasn’t scored a touchdown in regulation yet this season, and they’ve been outpassed by nearly 2-to-1.

Not that it’s mattered. With their defense performing like a 21st-century version of the Steel Curtain, the Steelers are assured of getting through quarterback Ben Roethlisberger’s potentially season-ruining four-game suspension with no worse than a 2-2 record.

Read the story in Tuesday’s Vindicator.