Close your eyes and think about the Pittsburgh Steelers’ rushing attack. Images of a Hall of Fame running back like Franco Harris, or Pro Bowlers Barry Foster and Jerome Bettis should dance in your head, a dream for Steelers fans. But the current edition of the Steelers — thanks in large part to injuries — has been a nightmare. In fact, the Steelers have not reached 100 rushing yards in the past three games.

Robert Dvorchak of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette says that Ben Roethlisberger — and his huge contract — get a lot of the scorn in the Steel City. But the lack of a running game is hurting the team.

If the Steelers have the power to set the city’s mood by what they do on the field, the week got off to a grim start. It was overcast, cheerless and chilly, with an occasional snow flake drifting along like a lost soul, driven by biting gusts that knifed up a main thoroughfare that could have been called the Boulevard of Broken Dreams. MORE

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