Early Superbowl Line

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Guys...Seattle.
Pittyburg and Cowturd never get the job done. Holgren has been there and won. Seattle's defense is silly right now. Seattle's offense is silly right now. Watching Seattle right now is like watching the Colts this past season when they were in stride. I think right now they are unbeatable.
I think Seattle outright wins this game so give me the points baby!

How exactly do you figure Cowher is a bigger choke artist than Holmgren? Don't forget that Holmgren lost a Superbowl, too. Other than winning it all in 1997, he has pretty much been atrocious in the postseason (see, e.g., his last seven seasons). Cowher has at least won a few postseason games recently.

[FRPLG]

Originally Posted by onlydarksets

How exactly do you figure Cowher is a bigger choke artist than Holmgren? Don't forget that Holmgren lost a Superbowl, too. Other than winning it all in 1997, he has pretty much been atrocious in the postseason (see, e.g., his last seven seasons). Cowher has at least won a few postseason games recently.

Cowher is a classic get you close coach. At least Holmgren has won a SB. Sure he has choked too but I think if you look at what Cowher has done he has shown an amazing ability to bite it at the worst times.

Outside of that I still think Seattle is a better team. They beat us and I think our D is overall better than Pittsburg's(although they are no slouch at all). I do think Pittsburg is clearly better offensively than either Carolina or the Skins but I still see Seattle being able to move the ball. I think Seattle puts up 28 in this game and I don't see Pittsburg scoring as much on Seattle's suddenly lock down defense.

[onlydarksets]

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Cowher is a classic get you close coach. At least Holmgren has won a SB. Sure he has choked too but I think if you look at what Cowher has done he has shown an amazing ability to bite it at the worst times.

I understand that - I certainly wouldn't put him in the Gibbs/Tuna/Belicheck/Walsh tier of coaches because he hasn't won the big one. I was trying to make the more general point that Holmgren doesn't belong in that category either, and is much closer to a Cowher (can't bring it home) than to one of those top tier coaches I mentioned.

Originally Posted by FRPLG

Outside of that I still think Seattle is a better team. They beat us and I think our D is overall better than Pittsburg's(although they are no slouch at all). I do think Pittsburg is clearly better offensively than either Carolina or the Skins but I still see Seattle being able to move the ball. I think Seattle puts up 28 in this game and I don't see Pittsburg scoring as much on Seattle's suddenly lock down defense.

Good points, but I think Pittsburgh's D is capable of simply shutting down top flight offenses. Pitt's offense has shown they can put up points. I think it's going to go the other way, IMHO!