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bball831 said: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?
PYPER said:If you look at it strictly by seed number, then yes absolutely, I agree with you.
But if you look at it in a more analog sort of way, the Steelers managed to dodge their biggest threat, the Three-Time World Champion New England Patriots.
While the Patriots didn't post one of the league's best records this year, they were playing their best ball late in the year.
So while a Steelers win in Super Bowl XL would give them victories over all the team's that compiled the best regular season records in 2005, it's got to be at least a little bit disappointing that they didn't get the opportunity to beat the league's best team.
They say to be the best you've got to beat the best. Neither Super Bowl participant will be able to say that.
In other words, there'll still be unfinished business.
stinkypete said: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.
dante828 said: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.