Dave Dameshek

Well, wait, you can be a fool as long as you're good at your job.

You can be from Orange County, Sydney, Australia, or Miami of Ohio.

What matters is taking care of business when it's go time.

By the way, why are 95% of our best actors from Australia?

It's weird, right?

Either way, it's not about blue collar, it's about competence.

And that's the disconcerting thing with the Pittsburgh Steelers right now.

We sure they know what they're doing?

It's been seven years since Ben Roethlisberger hurt his elbow.

How long is this gonna take, fellas?

Before you answer, consider Pittsburgh native Curt Cignetti just did it in two years.

It's been 16 years since the Steelers played in the Super Bowl, and their best option to change that, they think at least, is a starting QB who hasn't played in the Super Bowl in 16 years.

So in other words, you guys are just giving up, huh?

The roster's great, but you need to try and find a real answer at QB already, and no, an old hippie who's afraid of a pass rush just delays that.

Now, as for the blue-collar jive, that whole thing about how only certain towns like hard-working teams, yeah, Pittsburghers are rightly proud of our forefathers who did save the free world in World War II.

That said, Pittsburgh's also somehow managed to enjoy the decades of Penguin's success, even though they've been based less on a gritty work ethic than on the high skill and speed of guys like Crosby and Lemieux.

Also, if only the hard-hatted people of the Rust Belt can appreciate an honest day's work, what's that say for fans in the Sun Belt?

People in Miami wouldn't enjoy the Dolphins winning the Lombardi if it was built around a tough defense?

Yeah, sure, Pittsburghers work hard, but people work hard from coast to coast here in football America.

And for what it's worth, in the year of our Lord, 2026, the Steel City isn't really that much of a Steel City.