bball831

it will be the greatest accomplishment in a single postseason in NFL History. A 6-seed beating two #1 seeds, a #2 seed, and a #3 seed all on the road except for the Super Bowl. I have to say that is just amazing. Three straight wins on the road and all pretty impressive wins. Anyone disagree?

Alk

It would be really hard to argue otherwise. I think they might have a tougher time with Seattle than I had originally suspected though.

__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

PatsRI

It was that #4 seed that would have done them in though.

__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

RayClay

Pats didn't win it in 1985, but they beat the iron of the league on the road.

Hard to say how you'd compare them.

__________________

Seymour93

#3 seed was a seriously overrated team that hadn't won a playoff game since the Reagan administration; #1 seed has Peyton Manning as QB; #2 seed has Jake Plummer as QB; SB opponent are the Seattle Seahawks of all franchises.

I'll take beating Oakland, who had among others, a SB-winning coach, an MVP, and a Heisman trophy winner, in a blizzard at Foxboro Stadium's swan song; beating Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh with statue of QB; and finally bringing it to the 14 point favourite, "Greatest Show on Turf".

__________________

To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

BelichickFan

It doesn't really matter, it would/will just be one Super Bowl.

stinkypete

Not to taint our legacy, but can we stop referring the weather at the tuck rule game a "blizzard?" If my memory serves me right, about 4-5 inches of snow fell fell that night. It was a standard, slow things down for a day New England snowstorm. The Miami game in '03 was much closer to a blizzard.

Now that's out of the way, I must agree that the '01 playoff run was the greatest I have ever witnessed.

bball831

I know that, that is why I said that it would be the greatest accomplishment in a single postseason.

bball831

Well then you can say that the Patriots beat a team with Kordell Stewart as their QB, and the Rams had Mike Martz calling the offensive plays. And plus, the Patriots were at home for the first game. The Steelers beat an MVP QB also and beat a Denver team who had not lost at home all year. That is pretty impressive stuff.

dante828

I'd also like to add that the Steelers had a lot of injuries this year, hell they had Tommy Maddox back there for a few games. This team was much better then a sixth seed, could have competed for a number 1 or 2 had they been healthy (just like the 4th seed). The two best teams were the Steelers and the Pats, both were lower seeds because of injuries and injuries alone. Unfortunately the Pats dropped the ball, quite literally. Otherwise the Steelers road would have been much more difficult. As it is, the Steelers run is still impressive, but it is quite clear that the Steelers were much better then the teams that they beat, its not so shocking or amazing that they won.