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The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Take - Episode 1390 - December 23, 2024

The Terrible Podcast - Steelers Podcast via Steelers Depot

The Terrible Podcast

Sports, Football

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 December 2024

⏱️ 2 minutes

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December 23, 2024 - For Episode 1,390 on this Monday afternoon, Ross McCorkle discusses the Steelers' poor performance and frequent losing streaks in the month of December since their last playoff win. steelersdepot.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

This holiday season, Amazon brings you an unmissable month of festive football.

0:07.0

What a fantastic night of football.

0:10.0

Including Tuesday's UEFA Champions League must watch match.

0:14.0

It doesn't get much better than that.

0:16.0

And 10 Premier League games.

0:19.0

This week, watch Wolves vs Man Man United, Liverpool versus Lester, and eight other Premier League games.

0:28.2

It's on Prime.

0:30.2

Welcome to The Terrible Take, a daily segment telling Steelers Nation what's on our mind.

0:34.0

I'm Ross McCorkle.

0:34.9

In 2009, Mike Tomlin infamously said that the Steelers were going

0:39.3

to unleash hell in the month of December because they had to. They were on a three-game losing streak

0:44.9

at the time, and they ended up losing two more after he said that phrase. They missed the playoffs

0:49.6

and went two and two in the month of December. Over the last several years, their December woes have gotten worse.

0:55.6

Since their last playoff win, they have gone 20 and 17 in the month of December.

1:00.6

Not terrible, but not really that great.

1:03.3

A loss to the Kansas City Chiefs would move that to 20 and 18.

1:07.1

It would also be yet another three-game losing streak in the month of December.

1:10.6

It would be the fourth three-game losing streak in December since 2017, the fifth, if you include 2018, where they continue to losing streak that started in November. The teams that have the most playoff success often peak as they enter the postseason. You don't want to be a team on the decline when the playoffs hit or you

1:27.9

end up one and done like the Steelers have done four times since their last playoff win in 2016.

1:33.8

You can point to the recent rash of injuries or the brutal schedule of Eagles, Ravens, Chiefs,

1:38.7

all in a row, but good teams that hope to contend deep into the playoffs don't lose all three.

1:44.3

To me, it is of the highest importance that the Steelers find a way to win against the Kansas City Chiefs.

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