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That's all she wrote folks!
Thinking back to all that happened this season felt like it deserved a thread to encapsulate the shitstorm that was the 2017 season. Let's take a quick look back on all the drama in sequential order:
Christ... Have we ever seen a more dramatic season than this one? I'm sure there's stuff that I'm forgetting too! Hollywood could write an easy script off all this.
Thinking back to all that happened this season felt like it deserved a thread to encapsulate the shitstorm that was the 2017 season. Let's take a quick look back on all the drama in sequential order:
- Ben's offseason of contemplating retirement, finally announcing he'll play on April 7th, just a few short weeks prior to the draft.
- Dan Rooney passes away the week after
- Bell holds out of camp & preseason
- Alejandro Villanueva stands alone for national anthem. Media/fan backlash ensues. September 24th.
- Antonio Brown throws water cooler showing offensive turmoil amidst the Steelers 1st win at M&T Bank since Charlie Batch did it many years ago - October 1st
- Ben contemplates if he "has it anymore" after week 5's debacle, October 8th
- Le'Veon Bell openly calls out playcalling for Steelers offensive woes - October 9th
- Martavis Bryant requests trade around mid-October for a few weeks, before opening it up to the media
- If that weren't enough, Bryant also threw Smith-Schuster under the bus on social media during all that drama
- Bryant gets suspended for 1 game against the Lions
- JuJu's bike got stolen. October 20th-ish
- Ryan Shazier gets borderline paralyzed on December 4th
- In that same Bungal game Juju hits Vontaze Burfict into a parallel dimension, controversy ensues.
- Steelers lose in very controversial fashion to the Pats in week 15
- Antonio Brown is injured and sits out the last 2 games of the season
- James Harrison gives the Steelers the middle finger & signs with the Pats
- Haley breaks his pelvis during a bar fight of sorts on NYE.
- Bell states he might refuse to play in 2018 if tagged again just days before the playoff game
Christ... Have we ever seen a more dramatic season than this one? I'm sure there's stuff that I'm forgetting too! Hollywood could write an easy script off all this.