THE 50-YARD LINE

     It's back to the drawing board for our Pittsburgh Steelers. Mrs. Black-N-Gold and thousands of other members of Black-N-Gold Nation were treated to a very uninspired, unimpressive showing at Arrowhead Stadium on Sunday afternoon. The 1-5 Chiefs unceremoniously dumped our Steelers right before our very eyes, 23-13. Mrs. Black-N-Gold doesn't appreciate traveling so far and paying so much for so little effort. However, she'll still give her all. So allow me to present to you The Good, The Bad and The Ugly from Kansas City.

GOOD

It was a beautiful day for football. That was good. And Arrowhead Stadium is a wonderful facility. Not a bad seat in the place. Mrs. Black-N-Gold had a great time visiting her Black-N-Gold Niece and enjoyed some BBQ and blues, too. But the best thing about Sunday's loss? The fact that starting QB Ben Roethlisberger is one step closer to returning to the field. As a matter of fact, it's looking more and more like Big Ben will be back in Black-N-Gold for Sunday's showdown with Cincy at Heinz Field

BAD

Although 3rd string QB Landry Jones tossed 2 picks and lost a fumble on the final drive, Mrs. Black-N-Gold doesn't feel that he played all that badly. The 2nd interception was a deflection off of WR Antonio Brown's hands that AB should have caught. But Jones did prove why he can't get off the sidelines. Many of his passes were off target, making it incredibly difficult for the offense against one of the NFL's best defenses. Speaking of defense, they were guilty of 2 infractions on Sunday that could be a toss up for The Bad and The Ugly. We'll give The Bad to the tackling. As in, boy the defense's tackling was BAD. Although now that Mrs. Black-N-Gold thinks about it, tt wasn't really TACKLING. It was more like MISSED TACKLES, plenty of them. The Steelers defense, which had looked so good up to this point, came apart at the seams on Sunday, allowing play after play to be stretched thanks to multitudes of missed tackles. You need to wrap them up, boys.

UGLY

The defense also gets The Ugly award this week. The were ugly in the fact that they allowed KC to convert 9 of 16 3rd downs. Got to get off the field on those 3rd downs, fellas. They also looked ugly with the way they allowed underachieving QB Alex Smith and TE Travis Kelce to march down field on them all afternoon. If the Steelers don't learn how to stop big, athletic tight ends, and soon, things will continue to be ugly for this unit. Oh, look! They have another such tight end facing them next week in Cincy's Tyler Eifert. Of course you can't forget about Cincy WR AJ Green, either. Looks like the Steelers D will have their work cut out for them. Be careful. It could get ugly again.

Getting ready for next week's battle with the Bengals, Cincy remains atop the division with a bye at 6-0. The Steelers are 2nd in the AFC North at 4-3. The Clowns did themselves no favors with their latest loss, falling to 2-5. The Baltimorons continue to be the bottom feeder following last night's loss on MNF.

Shake off this loss and get ready for a divisional battle on Sunday as Cincy comes to town. It's a chance to hand the Bengals their first loss of the season and whittle away at their lead. Let's Go Steelers!!!!!!