Did we just witness the fall of the Evil Empire?

[*Nately120*]

Predicting the end of the Steelers always reminds me of those 80s and early 90s WWF events where Hulk Hogan would be in the main event and he'd get beat up for the first 5 minutes of the match and Jesse Ventura (or the other heel announcer) would gleefully tell Gorilla Monsoon that Hulkamania was clearly dead and over. Then Hulk Hogan gets "Hulked up" and wins the match and everyone rejoices.

We've gleefully predicted the Steelers to be dead multiple times this year, not to mention the many times in years past, so forgive me if I'm not convinced quite yet. Also, is it this thread that pointed out that the Steelers made it to the SB and won 11 playoff games during their "lousy period" between SB wins in 79 and 05? Yeah, I'm not sold that franchise is dead, sorry. We got to see back to back 8-8 seasons, so that might have to hold us for a while.