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Steelers’ 4-0 start is best since ‘79

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Everybody who was enraged when the Steelers passed on Ohio State running back J.K. Dobbins in the second round of the 2020 NFL Draft to pick some wide receiver from Notre Dame, reveal yourselves. Truthfully, I didn’t believe I would get to type that sentence so early this season, but doing it felt as good as I believed it would.

With that bit of gloating out of the way, let’s focus on why the Steelers got to 4-0 at the start of a season for the first time since 1979.

The path from 3-0 to 4-0 was navigated because an offense that had been along for the ride through large

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