PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Steelers dropped to 0-2 after their fourth-quarter rally fell short in Sunday’s home opener against the Seattle Seahawks.

But potentially even more concerning than the team’s 28-26 loss were the early departures of two key offensive starters.

Ben Roethlisberger exited late in the second quarter with an elbow injury to his throwing arm, and running back James Conner left in the fourth quarter with a knee injury.

The Chicago Bears did something very few teams have accomplished since 2000 — defeating the Broncos in Denver in the first two weeks of September during a wild 16-14 victory. As my colleague R.J. White pointed out earlier this week, going back to 1975, the Broncos are 48-6 straight up at home in Weeks 1 and 2 (including 22-1 since 2000). We can make that 22-2 now since 2000.

The game took a while to get going —