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Will these Steelers be team to end 8-year playoff skid? Why there's 'urgency' in Pittsburgh

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Pittsburgh Steelers haven't won a playoff game in eight years , 14 years since Super Bowl berth.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin says it's not the collective's story, but it's the coach's.

The Steelers enter the playoffs in a frustratingly familiar spot as the albatross of the franchise's playoff drought.

Pittsburgh clinched its playoff berth in Week 15 after losing to the Eagles in the playoffs.

The Steelers have been without a playoff win in eight years .

They've been on the roster for each of their last four playoff losses.

The Steelers are the third team in NFL history to enter the playoffs on a four -game losing streak of at least four games.

Steelers coach Mike Tomlin declined to say if he'd learned from those losses to take into this year 's wild-card game.

The Steelers lost to the Browns 35 -10 in their last two playoff games.

The Steelers started out the season 11 -0, but they've come up empty in the playoffs.

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