The Pittsburgh Steelers remain perfect on the season despite struggling against one of the coldest teams in the NFL. In Week 9, they came back to beat the Dallas Cowboys, 24-19, and remain undefeated in the season–improving to 8-0 on the campaign.

The Steelers have had success ever since 2007 when they hired Mike Tomlin to lead their locker room, and a key to this sustained success may not be an obvious reason.

Christopher Carter, the host of Locked On Steelers, cited an intriguing stat about the Steelers’ head coach that explains why they have found continued success under his tenure and why the team finds ways to win in ugly games like what fans saw on Sunday.

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Carter: He has the third-best record against losing teams. That is impressive. The third of all coaches that have come and gone since Tomlin has been in the NFL when he was hired by the Steelers in 2007. I think that it says a lot.

Every week I hear whenever they play a team that is not good and has their problems, oh here come the Steelers, all they do is lose to bad teams or struggle with bad teams. Actually, go around the league and see if that is consistent. That comes from a lot of people. Heck, the Chiefs at home were two points away from losing, a field goal away from losing to the Panther who have one more win than the Dallas Cowboys. The Chiefs are the Super Bowl champions. They have the superstar quarterback and all the weapons on offense and what happened there? The NFL happened there. This is not college. This is not like when Alabama beats up on The Citadel in a regular-season pre-conference game. Everyone has professionals and everyone has draft picks.

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