Steelers vs. Cardinals: Best Super Bowl Ever

[GTripp0012]

Originally Posted by irish

This who beat who stuff can be spun any way one wants as Pgh crushed the Skins who beat Philly twice and AZ. What does that mean, nothing. In the end, Pittsburgh was 3-0 against the playoff teams (SD, Balt, AZ) that really mattered.

I think Pgh's D played pretty good vs AZ. They held Fitz down pretty good for 3 quarters (he had something like 1 catch in the 1st half) and nobody is going to keep him down for the whole game. Also Pgh held an AZ team that averaged 29.5 ppg in the playoffs and 26.7 ppg in the regular season to 23 pts. Not bad IMO.

The bottom line is Pgh did it in the regular season and in the playoffs. They won the title and deserved it.

I think the point is that there were a bunch of teams that would have killed to have the propostion: "Hey, beat the Chargers and Ravens at home, then beat the Cards at a neutral site and you win the super bowl."

The point is not that the Steelers were underserving. They went 12-4 in the regular season with the leagues best defense. They clearly were deserving. The point is that they were very, very lucky. Things broke out so that the 5th, maybe 6th best team in the NFL was favored heavily in every playoff matchup they played. How often does that happen?

I think there's a strong case that they were the luckiest SB champ ever. Not the worst. The 07 Giants were a mediocre at best regular season team. The Steelers were a very, very good regular season team.

Usually, being very good guarentees you little in the postseason. For the Steelers, it all but won them the title.

[irish]

Originally Posted by GTripp0012

I think the point is that there were a bunch of teams that would have killed to have the propostion: "Hey, beat the Chargers and Ravens at home, then beat the Cards at a neutral site and you win the super bowl."

The point is not that the Steelers were underserving. They went 12-4 in the regular season with the leagues best defense. They clearly were deserving. The point is that they were very, very lucky. Things broke out so that the 5th, maybe 6th best team in the NFL was favored heavily in every playoff matchup they played. How often does that happen?

I think there's a strong case that they were the luckiest SB champ ever. Not the worst. The 07 Giants were a mediocre at best regular season team. The Steelers were a very, very good regular season team.

Usually, being very good guarentees you little in the postseason. For the Steelers, it all but won them the title.

I think every team in the AFC would have loved to be in the Steelers position. From what I remember, the 5th & 6th best teams in the NFL were not favored in every playoff game they played. Az was never favored in any game they played. Balt was only favored vs Mia not vs TN, SD was not favored vs Indy, NY was favored over Philly. Maybe I'm mis understanding what you meant to say but the notion that the lesser seeded teams were favored throughout the playoffs just isnt true.

The point isnt that the Steelers were lucky because they werent. The point is they played good in the regular season they put themselves in position to get those home playoff games vs whoever came along. That isnt luck. Luck would have been Az deciding to not to play in the Super Bowl and having the NFL pick Pgh's opponent out of a hat and that opponent being Detroit. That's luck. Beating a playoff team (not matter who) in the playoffs isnt luck its good football.