Ode To A Lost Season

"Ode To A Lost Season"

Mirror mirror on the wall

Which NFL team was the most disappointing of all?

I submit to you a prime contender

A faux favorite, a true pretender.

It’s a bitter pill to swallow

Being softer than a marshmallow

But really who else but yourselves are to blame

For losing to teams so pathetic and lame

The year started with a thud at mile high in Denver

Just like the season ended there last winter

Questions arose whether the defense was old and slow

By year’s end the blame fell upon “The O”

We thought our quarterback was elite

Down the stretch his mistakes got us beat

The Young Money Crew dropped the ball

We had no running game at all.

There’s plenty of blame in a season of despair

I sit here wondering why the leadership wasn’t there

Those who wanted Bruce Arians fired

Must have been shocked at who the Colts hired

Tomlin keeps firing off cliché after cliché

That’s not what’s needed on a team in disarray

Ben hates Haley, Haley hates Ben

Tell me who’s running this show again?

The bottom line is that these guys underachieved

More heart, desire and effort they need

It’s time to look at themselves in the mirror

The end of a Super Bowl window draws near

This offseason for the Steelers is a crucial one

If they can’t solve the riddle they might be done

Which vets will stay and which vets will go?

That’s something only Tomlin and Colbert know

The bottom line is that this team was disjointed

Their fans were left severely disappointed.

They better fix this mess by next year
Or it'll be the same reflection in the mirror