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I Terrell Edmunds Jersey , of course, have no memory of it. The first Super Bowl I remember was VII. The Dolphins had brought us our first, but by no means last loss in the AFC Championship game, on their way to theirs, and the only perfect season. I had a loose tie to earlier Super Bowls, having watched players that played in them. That is, guys like Joe Namath, Len Dawson, Earl Morrall who played in some of the earliest Super Bowls were still in the league when I tuned in. Now it is 52 years later. Super Bowl I did not sell out. It was broadcast on two networks. Today the Super Bowl, as measured by money spent on food and drink, is the third largest party of the year in America, after Christmas and Halloween.Many of you missed the in-between. The first Super Bowl I actually watched, was, of course, IX. Our TV was a 19 inch console in the corner of the family room, pulling in a signal from WIIC Ryan Shazier Jersey , channel 11 from an antenna in the attic. Logs crackled in the fireplace that I sat beside, my father in his recliner. That console TV, however, looked like a Steeler shrine. Every bit of Steeler swag in the house rested on it, sending good juju down to New Orleans. My Steeler winter hat, my Steeler mittens, my Steeler helmet, my Steeler pj’s, my Steeler hoodie, my Steeler cap were all there. Every black and gold towel in the house was there. (Unless you’ve been around a while you may not know that Terrible Towels used to be strictly playoff paraphernalia.) One year my father had recently had knee surgery. When we needed a big play he would point his “Terrible Crutch” at the TV. I tell you, the power in that crutch made Renegade seem like a 97 pound weakling.There was no spread to speak of. We might get to break out a bag of chips. My dad might be served a bowl of Campbell’s cream of mushroom soup and a braunshweiger sandwich. There was no daylong pregame show, much less 24/7 coverage leading up to the game. Kickoff was, I know you’ll find this hard to believe, in the afternoon, just like a regular season game. There was no party. Watching was just my dad and me, and occasionally one of my dad’s friends. The halftime show was just like any other game- a college marching band. No one worried about how good the commercials would be. A 30 second slot would cost you $100 Maurkice Pouncey Jersey ,000. But of course, back then $100,000 would get you fourteen games from a pretty good football player.Super Bowl IX also introduced me to an amazing invention that most of my friends never heard of. A friend of the family made training videos for GE aircraft mechanics. That friend cobbled together some equipment, and managed to get the game on what was called “videotape.” I was probably the only kid in the world besides Steve Sabol who could watch Super Bowl IX at will.Yes, a great deal has changed. It is still, however, football. And the difference between now and then is far less than the difference between a Super Bowl with the Steelers and one without. Here’s hoping a whole new set of kids next year get to see their first Steeler Super Bowl. When the 2018 NFL schedule was released in the spring, Atlanta's trip to Pittsburgh on the first Sunday in October looked like a potential Super Bowl preview.Then September happened and the lofty preseason expectations evaporated, replaced by an unruly and unpredictable reality.Pittsburgh All-Pro running back Le'Veon Bell extended his franchise-tag induced sabbatical indefinitely, wide receiver Antonio Brown couldn't stop making headlines for things that had little to do with football , and the revamped secondary spent far too much time chasing opponents to the end zone. Atlanta, meanwhile, couldn't stop sending defensive starters to the trainer's room or finding excruciating ways to drop close games .The Steelers (1-2-1) and the Falcons (1-3) both stress panicking with three quarters of the season to go is unwise even with both clubs in highly competitive divisions."(We) don't want to look down the road about things that are two or three weeks away," Atlanta coach Dan Quinn said. "The mindset of just own now man, own this week."Maybe Quinn should settle for his team owning the final minutes. Atlanta has led in the fourth quarter in each of its three losses. At least the Falcons have been close. The Steelers, not so much. Pittsburgh has not held the lead at any point in each of its last three games at Heinz Field."Last year we kind of started a little sloppy Cameron Heyward Jersey , too, so you know you guys can look at records all you want, we're not," Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said. "We're looking at this next week and trying to get a win because that's all that really matters."Roethlisberger is right. Sort of.The Steelers have been sluggish in September under coach Mike Tomlin but round into form as the days grow shorter and the temperature drops. Tomlin is 30-13 in October in his career, and a year ago Pittsburgh began a sluggish 3-2, then ripped off eight straight wins on its way to a second consecutive AFC North title.Not that Tomlin's players are looking for comfort in the idea that they've been here before and gotten it together in time to reach the postseason."I want to be great all the way around," Steelers center Maurkice Pouncey said. "I don't even like assumptions like that."Considering the state of Pittsburgh's defense, that might be wise.The Steelers are 30th in yards allowed, 26th in points allowed and now face Atlanta quarterback Matt Ryan, wide receiver Julio Jones and breakout rookie receiver Calvin Ridley. It's the NFL equivalent of flunking an algebra test and getting thrown into trigonometry class anyway."They're a juggernaut," Pittsburgh defensive end Cam Heyward said. "I told my guys, what a way to start the second quarter of the season by beating a good team like that.'"JULIO'S SCORING DROUGHTJones leads the NFL with 502 yards receiving. But he's still looking for his first touchdown catch. Meanwhile, Ridley leads the NFL with six scoring grabs and his three TD receptions against the Saints two weeks ago matched Jones' total for the entire 2017 season.So where's the red-zone love for Jones?"His production is through the roof," Ryan said. "... He's going to find the end zone. People are accounting for him and are continuing to account for him even with the production of other guys. So he stays unselfish when he gets his opportunities and makes plays; nobody plays harder than him. We'd love for him to get in the end zone, but we have to find ways to get into the end zone whoever it is, and he's 100 percent on board with that Ben Roethlisberger Jersey , too."A DO RUN RUN?While Bell told ESPN this week he plans to end his standoff by the end of the month, it will be up to James Conner and the offensive line to help get Pittsburgh's uneven running game in order until Bell eventually arrives. The Steelers ran 11 times for 19 yards last week against Baltimore, the fifth-lowest single-game rushing total in franchise history.Running effectively 鈥?whoever is doing the running 鈥?would help the Steelers control the clock and take some of the pressure off Pittsburgh's defense."I know everybody wants to see the run game and trust me, as an offensive lineman, we want to see it too," Pouncey said. "It's early in the season, things will come along."SACKS FOR TAKKFalcons defensive end Takk McKinley is enjoying a breakout season with five sacks, including three for a loss of 29 yards in last week's loss to the Bengals."It's great to see a man who still loves just putting on his helmet and going after the quarterback," said defensive coordinator Marquand Manuel, who said McKinley's spirit "enlightens everyone."McKinley ranked fourth among rookies in 2017 with six sacks.COMING AND GOINGAtlanta expects to have running back Devonta Freeman available. Freeman missed the last three games with a sore right knee. Pittsburgh's secondary could get a boost from the return of cornerback Mike Hilton, who sat last week with a right elbow issue, and veteran safety Morgan Burnett, who has been slowed by a groin problem.AP Sports Writer Charles Odum contributed to this report.