Welcome to Steelers Morning Rush, our new daily short-form podcast with Alan Saunders, giving a longer perspective on a single news topic surrounding the Pittsburgh Steelers or the National Football League. Today, it's the last four games of extremely inconsistent football.

The Pittsburgh offense played well enough to win against the Cincinnati Bengals and Green Bay Packers, but the defense fell apart. Last week, it was the offense coming up well short against the Los Angeles Chargers while the defense held serve.

So what to expect going forward? Alan breaks it down.

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