March Madness is everywhere you look, so we here at Steel City Underground felt like getting in on the craze with a Steelers-inspired tournament all our own: Steelers Who Marched Us to Madness.

The concept is simple. Over a period of the last five seasons, there have been a number of additions the Steelers have made who came in with high expectations. Several of those additions ended as subtractions for one reason or another, leaving Pittsburgh after a disappointing run with the franchise.

We have compiled eight of those names into a March Madness-style tournament, with you, the fans, voting on who was the most disappointing acquisition who “marched us to madness”.

Note: realizing this could be a bit insensitive to the actual player discussed, we would like to remind everyone that the tournament only involves past players and you should only consider their time with the Steelers when voting or leaving comments. This is merely an entertainment exercise to gauge fan expectation versus how a player’s tenure in Pittsburgh turned out, which may have disappointed for any variety of reasons.

A new player profile will be released each day of the tournament. Let’s look at today’s participant.

Josh Scobee

Speak for yourself, but has there been another player ever made you break fixtures in your own home as much as Josh Scobee?

I remember being excited about the trade for Scobee. The Steelers had lost reliable kicker Shaun Suisham for the season, due to a freak special teams accident on the awful turf used in Tom Benson Stadium at the Pro Football Hall of Fame (yes, during a preseason game – an extra one at that.)

Their first “fix” was picking up former Saints kicker Garrett Hartley, but he too would go down to a preseason injury.

On comes Scobee, who had been a reliable kicker for the Jacksonville Jaguars. All that was needed in exchange was a future sixth-round draft pick? What could possibly go wrong?

How about everything?

In Pittsburgh’s first game of the 2015 season, Scobee missed his first two field-goal attempts in a 28-21 loss to the New England Patriots.

Three weeks later, the Steelers would host the Baltimore Ravens in a dismal Thursday Night Football game, in which Michael Vick subbed for an injured Ben Roethlisberger. Struggling to move the ball all game, the Steelers still led the Ravens 20–17 part-way through the fourth quarter. However, Scobee would miss not one, but two field goals which would’ve closed out the game. Instead, the Ravens reliable kicker, Justin Tucker, tied the game, sending it into overtime.

Scobee was so untrustworthy that the Steelers coaching staff opted to “go for it” on fourth down in OT, not once, but twice, rather than risk another Scobee miss.

Pittsburgh would lose that game, and days later, Scobee would lose his job.

Who’s your pick?

Vote now for who you feel was more disappointing as a Steeler:

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