Donnie

doesn't happen if the performances aren't poor.

If they do something about it, we don't have the same reactions or words.

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Donnie, I'm having a blank.

What did I tease to?

We have Nick Costos coming on, but there was another story.

Yes, yeah.

And it never got real bad, right?

It never got to be where they were, you know, going 5 and 11, 6 and 11 every year.

But something profound changed where the Steelers went from a powerhouse to a team that nobody really thought could win.

They even went from a powerhouse to it was they have a puncher's chance with Ben.

And I'll tell you where I think the Tomlin era turned.

I think it was the Super Bowl against Aaron Rodgers when a great defense with the defensive player of the year that year, Troy Polamalu, got shredded in the Super Bowl, started to show signs.

They had shown some, but not many, of wear and tear and age and couldn't get it done in the biggest game.

The story's always been Rashard Mendenhall from that game.