Quote Originally Posted by BURGH86STEEL View Post
The weapons can generally only be as good as the QB that gets them the football. An offense can generally only be as good as the QB that leads it. Ben's had good enough weapons to be more successful then he has been. Ben's was his own worst enemy over the years by wanting to do things his way. The Steelers offense hasn't lived up to it's scoring potential because of Ben's inconsistent style of play and injuries. Ben's inconsistent style of play lead to many of Ben's injuries.
So it's Ben's fault the WRs drop catchable balls? "Ben's way" is the reason the Steelers are the six-time super bowl champions instead of four-time. You're badly overrating some of these receivers.

As for why the offense hasn't been as good over the years - look at where the Steelers have spent most of their money. Defense. Unfortunately, some of these guys are past their primes now and it has given the Steelers cap issues, thus making it hard to keep younger guys on either side of the ball.

The truth of the matter is the Steelers have signed some of their vets on defense to bad contracts and have done a poor job in developing younger guys to eventually take their place. It's been hurting them on both sides of the ball.