The Steelers offense played lousy yet they still won the game. 21-10 is not a close game no matter how bad the officiating was.
Hassleback threw 2 potential TD passes out of bounds and overthrew badly on the int. He is a good QB but not great..not even as good as the 23 year old Pittsburgh QB. The tight end dropped numerous big passes (a problem for Seattle for the last several years) and their defense could not get the ball back at the end of the game. Despite bad officiating they had their chances but blew it.
It is when the officials were responsible for at least 11 points of the 11 point difference. Neither offense played up to their best. I think we can agree to that, at least.
Hassleback threw 2 potential TD passes out of bounds and overthrew badly on the int. He is a good QB but not great..not even as good as the 23 year old Pittsburgh QB. The tight end dropped numerous big passes (a problem for Seattle for the last several years) and their defense could not get the ball back at the end of the game. Despite bad officiating they had their chances but blew it.
He did have 2 passes that were very close, but out. And you're right, the TE dropped several passes. The team used to have problems with drops, but they got rid of one of the primary culprits (he's with Minnesota now). The defense lost 3 key starters to injury, which hurt them quite a bit...but the bad officiating very likely changed who won the game.