Mark Madden: Now do you believe the Steelers stink?

Do you believe the Pittsburgh Steelers stink? Are you convinced yet?

Philadelphia subbed out a lot of starters in the fourth quarter. The Eagles’ center, Jason Kelce, wore a Batman mask on the sideline. The Steelers got beat bad and treated like a joke.

Rookie quarterback Kenny Pickett isn’t improving. He has thrown two touchdowns and eight interceptions.

Pickett’s perceived swag and other intangibles don’t undo his failure as measured by tangible metrics.

After the game, Pickett bemoaned his team’s lack of preparation: “We need to study more.” But Pickett’s struggles make his criticism ring hollow.

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Running back Najee Harris stinks. He had zero yards after four carries. He tap-danced after making a catch on third-and-3 when going vertical makes the sticks.

After the game, Harris said, “I can’t make a hole.”

OK, but Jaylen Warren did. He’s Harris’ backup. Warren had 50 yards on eight carries. Harris should quit whining and lower his shoulder.

Receiver Diontae Johnson signed a two-year contract extension worth $36.71 million before the season. He has zero touchdowns. (The Steelers only have 11 touchdowns in seven games and just four TDs in their last four contests.)

Rookie receiver George Pickens had no catches on three targets at Philadelphia. How can Pickens be ignored? Jabroni Steven Sims also had three targets, for heck’s sake.

Safety Minkah Fitzpatrick, he of the $73 million contract, got fricasseed by Eagles receiver A.J. Brown. Brown helpfully pointed it out once. (Cornerback Ahkello Witherspoon was Brown’s primary victim. But Witherspoon makes far less.)

The Steelers don’t do one thing well. They have nothing to hang their hats on.

The Steelers aren’t building on anything. No improvement is evident.

The Steelers are badly coached in every way you can be badly coached. Nine penalties provide evidence, including six on offense and three on special teams. The Steelers look disorganized and disheveled. They alternate between rattled and disinterested. Everything they do is all over the place, with no rhyme or reason.

But if the Steelers fire offensive coordinator Matt Canada and get edge rusher T.J. Watt back, they might win out. (Just kidding.) Or at least put together a few wins over lesser opponents after the bye week.

You should hope they don’t. The Steelers need earlier draft picks, not some false sense of salvaged pride “earned” by beating, say, Carolina.

More on the Steelers' loss to the Eagles:

• Hurts puts hurting on Steelers as woes in Philadelphia continue
• Steelers frustrated by inability to contain big plays against Eagles
• Kenny Pickett: Mental mistakes 'need to get addressed' before Steelers return from bye
• From fish market job to NFL game in 48 hours, Nick Sciba makes all kicks as Steelers fill-in
• Ahkello Witherspoon benched in return to Steelers lineup after 4-game absence

Anyway, who’s to say the Steelers are better than those lesser foes?

If the Steelers fire Canada, it will pander and appease. But it won’t fix anything. Their malaise runs far deeper than a single scapegoat.

This is about weak ownership.

An overrated head coach being exposed for the fraud he has been dating back over a decade.

A horribly inferior, low-pedigree coaching staff.

A culture that’s gutless, leaderless and arrogant.

Bad, random drafting that has all but ignored the offensive line since 2012.

Hiring practices that are lazy, cheap and focus unreasonably on nepotism, local bias and the buddy system. (Wait till the Steelers take Joey Porter’s kid in the next draft.)

The Steelers’ football philosophy is outdated. They think elite defense and dominating possession can still win.

The Steelers don’t have an elite defense, despite paying $108 million on that side of the ball.

On Sunday at Philadelphia, the Steelers had the ball for 34 minutes but still got slaughtered. At one point, the Eagles had four touchdown passes but hadn’t yet run a play inside the red zone.

The NFL is a quick-strike league. Score as fast as you can. Canada’s big innovation Sunday was throwing more screen passes.

The Steelers stink. It’s not a good franchise having a bad season. It’s an organization in decline that got kept marginally afloat a few extra years by a Hall of Fame quarterback who was also fading but had pride and knew how to win.

The Steelers keep telling you who they are.

At long last, do you believe them?