Welcome to the Terrible Towel Tales, where we’ll highlight some of the latest stories permeating Steelers media for your reading pleasure every Monday through Saturday. In today’s news…

“Cleveland-Pittsburgh, for sure,” Watson said on his podcast, via Troy Montgomery of SteelersDepot.com. “It’s even bigger than Cincinnati. It’s not Baltimore. Baltimore is up there, but it ain’t as real as Pittsburgh.”

The AFC North, previously the AFC Central, has always had strong rivalries. In the early ‘70s, Browns-Steelers stood out. By the end of the decade, the Steelers and Oilers met in consecutive AFC Championships.

There is always a “player and/or team in the best shape of their lives,” and we have read about this with both Najee Harris and DeMarvin Leal. These ones always make me laugh because most of these players come into the season in great shape.

Those are annual ones, but here is one specific to the Steelers that I am already tired of: Justin Fields is competing with Russell Wilson and might actually beat him out at quarterback.

Slot cornerback

It’s hard to make a logical argument that any other position on the team is as weak as the slot cornerback position. On the boundary, the Steelers have a lot going for them. Joey Porter Jr. looks like a budding star, they added a capable veteran in Donte Jackson, and they have a trio of young, long, and athletic cornerbacks in Cory Trice, Darius Rush, and Ryan Watts.