Inside Conditions: Tomlin outduels Broncos coach Sean Payton in Steelers’ 13-6 win

STEELERS QUARTERBACK JUSTIN FIELDS ELUDES A DENVER DEFENDER IN THE TEAM’S WIN, SEPT. 15, 2024. (PHOTO BY KARL ROSER/PITTSBURGH STEELERS) Team comes home to face Chargers, Sept. 22 & The Pittsburgh Steelers rode into Empower Stadium at Mile High Field on Sept. 15, with smiles on their faces and guns blazing. The Steelers beat the Broncos and their genius head coach, Sean Payton, 13-6. However folks, if you drank the Kool-Aid that the pundits made, this game was destined to end only one way and that would’ve been with the Black and Gold riding back home from the Mile High City on a three-legged horse, bruised, busted and disgusted. Wah, Wah, Wah. If the thin air didn’t bring them crashing down, then their inadequate and incompetent offense would be a glaring weakness. Last but not least, when forced with the prospect of facing the football intellect of the Broncos head coach Sean Payton, Steelers head coach Mike Tomlin didn’t have a chance. On Sept. 11, a few days prior to the showdown, senior Broncos writer Andrew Mason posted: “Just four coaches who opened the 2007 season on NFL sidelines are guiding their teams. Two clash Sunday at Empower Field at...