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CLICK HERE to Register for a free account and login for a smoother ad-free experience. It's easy, and only takes a few moments.True and the Bengals have been decent recently. They fell off the earth the last two years though.I'm not sure that's a winning argument.
I think 2010 (Jets) was the last time a team in the AFCE other than the Pats was a threat to be competitive in a divisional round game or later.
The Ravens have been more than respectable over that same period.
ESPN Playoff Scenario Tracker:
1. Steelers rest starters; Pitt loses, Jets upset Pats
- Pats Fans: Haha Tomlin is such an idiot! (anyone with half a brain knew Jets could upset Pats!)
- Steelers Fans: Fire Tomlin! (anyone with half a brain knew Jets would upset Pats!)
2. Steelers play starters; Pitt wins, Pats win, Pitt starters suffer injuries
- Pats Fans: Haha Tomlin is such an idiot! (anyone with half a brain knew injuries would happen!)
- Steelers Fans: Fire Tomlin! (anyone with half a brain knew injuries would happen!)
3. Steelers rest starters; Pitt wins, Pats win
- Pats Fans: Haha Tomlin is (still) such an idiot! (anyone with half a brain knows 'rust' will set in!)
- Steelers Fans: Fire Tomlin! (anyone with half a brain knows 'rust' will set in!)
4. Steelers rest starters; Pitt wins every playoff game by 20, including SB
- Pats Fans: (N/A - Pats fans' brains will not compute such an absurd hypothetical)
- Steelers Fans: Fire Tomlin! (Russ Grimm would have won every game by 40...plus those were Cowher's players)
Conclusion: Steelers winning every playoff game by >40 points is only tolerable scenario
There is no chance the patriots lose so there is no risk.
Don’t remember heaping scorn.Man, this really brings back memories from when you were heaping scorn on anybody who dared express any worry before the sure-thing Miami game.
Tomlin's playing the odds, it's not a crazy thing to do. But the message to the team that he's giving up on the #1 seed has to raise some eyebrows.
ESPN Playoff Scenario Tracker:
1. Steelers rest starters; Pitt loses, Jets upset Pats
- Pats Fans: Haha Tomlin is such an idiot! (anyone with half a brain knew Jets could upset Pats!)
- Steelers Fans: Fire Tomlin! (anyone with half a brain knew Jets would upset Pats!)
2. Steelers play starters; Pitt wins, Pats win, Pitt starters suffer injuries
- Pats Fans: Haha Tomlin is such an idiot! (anyone with half a brain knew injuries would happen!)
- Steelers Fans: Fire Tomlin! (anyone with half a brain knew injuries would happen!)
3. Steelers rest starters; Pitt wins, Pats win
- Pats Fans: Haha Tomlin is (still) such an idiot! (anyone with half a brain knows 'rust' will set in!)
- Steelers Fans: Fire Tomlin! (anyone with half a brain knows 'rust' will set in!)
4. Steelers rest starters; Pitt wins every playoff game by 20, including SB
- Pats Fans: (N/A - Pats fans' brains will not compute such an absurd hypothetical)
- Steelers Fans: Fire Tomlin! (Russ Grimm would have won every game by 40...plus those were Cowher's players)
Conclusion: Steelers winning every playoff game by >40 points is only tolerable scenario
It certainly sounds out of character....Don’t remember heaping scorn.