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[Jous]

Fair enough.

 

[Jous]

And to give my opinion on where the 2005 Steelers stand as far as the past 20 SB Champions goes, I'd say there's only 2 teams that they're better than, on paper. And those teams would be the 1987 Redskins and the 2001 Patriots. The 87 Skins had a strong offense, but their defense, while it didn't allow that many points, ranked #22, including the 26th pass defense. With that pass defense, I'm pretty certain that if the Steelers passed first like they did in the playoffs, they would've put points on the Redskins....and their strong defense would've made it hard for the Redskins offense to match the Steelers' total.

The 2001 Pats were very siiliar to the 2005 Steelers, both teams who weren't among the elite in the regular season, but had great playoff runs. But in terms of talent, the Steelers just had more than the 2001 Pats had, so I'd say they win that one as well.

So I'd say the Steelers were the 3rd weakest champ in the last 20 years......but "weak" and "champion" don't really belong in the same sentence anyway.

 

[Evilgrin 72]

2005 Steelers...weak...overrated...undeserving...the only thing they had going for them was some uncanny luck. 2006 Steelers won't make the playoffs.

Nice analysis backed with data. Win your league much?

2005 Steelers regular season rankings (NFL.com):Total Offense: 16

Total Defense: 4

2005/06 Steelers post season rankings:

Total Offense: 3

Total Defense: 8 (out of 12)!

By comparison, the Super Bowl losing Seahawks ranked #1 in total offense and #3 in total defense in the post season.

The Steelers were outgained in the Super Bowl 396 yards to 339, and that included the 75 yard run and the 43 yard trick play. Total plays, Seahawks 77 to Steelers 56 .

Yards don't mean squat -- the only stat that MATTERS is the final score:The Steelers beat the AFC #3 seeded team by 14 points ON THE ROAD

The Steelers beat the AFC #1 seeded team by 3 points ON THE ROAD (would have been at least 10 pts if not for fluke fumble)

The Steelers beat the AFC #2 seeded team by 17 points ON THE ROAD where the Broncos had not lost all year.

The Steelers beat the NFC #1 seeded team by 11 points.

If not for a fluke fumble in the Indy game they would have beaten every playoff opponent by double-digits!

Weak, my a**!

You want to talk about flukes? If Carson Palmer doesn't go down, Steelers lose. If Vanderjagt doesn't miss a field goal he always makes, Steelers lose. If the Broncos don't suck so bad, Steelers lose. If Bill Leavy and crew don't repeatedly change the momentum of the Super Bowl with their terrible towels, Steelers lose.

Their whole post season was an amazing run of luck. It's like winning the lottery. Yeah, you're the winner! But did you earn it, or did you get lucky?

This is the best.