This entire game looked like something out of the pre-season. Pittsburgh didn't get a stinking first down for 19 minutes in a Super Bowl, then ends up winning by 11 points.
That game last night proved to me that the NFL is becoming like the NHL and the NBA: the regular season doesn't matter. The Steelers are 7-5 in November, sneak in as the sixth seed, then win the Super Bowl?
I still think that if Tony Dungee's son doesn't commit suicide, the Colts are the Super Bowl champs today.
Well, a great number of those losses can be attributed to Ben's injury. With a healthy QB, their only losses were to NE and Cincy (I don't count the Indy game, as Ben was quite rusty and really shouldn't have played that one).
P.S. It also proves that the #6 team in the AFC is still better than the #1 team in the NFC. ;)
..... and I used to think you were somewhat intelligent. I must have been thinking of someone else.
Sneak in?
"Stormed in" would be the appropriate term.
As tragic as that was, I'm not sure how it caused Peyton Manning and the Colts offensive line to be hopelessly confused by the Steeler 3-4 defense.
This entire game looked like something out of the pre-season.
It looked to me like the defense on both sides of the ball were playing at a higher level than either offense unit. We have become accustomed, due to the rule changes over the last 20 years, to post season games generally being offensive shoot-outs with the occasional interception or fumble being the "big play". The game last night was kind of a throw back to the 70s where defense ruled and the occasional offensive "big play" made the difference.
But looking at those two teams, that makes sense.