The Steelers lost their third game in a row on Wednesday and frustration has started to boil over.
Longtime defensive lineman Cameron Heyward was blunt in his assessment of the team’s recent failures.
“The last three weeks we played like shit,” Heyward said, via Brooke Pryor of ESPN. “Simple as that. I own that. Every player’s got [to own that]. Can’t squander opportunities, whether it’s turnovers, whether it’s getting off the field, whether it’s scoring touchdowns, it’s a multitude of things, and it has reared its big head.
“My confidence is never going to lack in the group. It’s just from an execution standpoint, it’s just dumbfounding. We have to get it done on those plays. We sit up in meetings, we take it out to the field. That means nothing if you don’t do it in the game.”
Heyward added that there were communication breakdowns that cannot happen.
“We talk about execution, we talk about communicating,” Heyward said, via Chris Adamski of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. “If there’s somebody free — 10 guys do their job and one guy doesn’t, we’re screwed.”
Heyward also noted that players shouldn’t complain about the schedule with so many games in so few days, since he didn’t see folks from the Chiefs doing that.
While the defense has its issues, Pittsburgh has also put up just 13, 17, and 10 points over the last three games. The Steelers will look to right the ship when they play the Bengals to end the regular season.
