Are The Steelers Good or Just Lucky?

[GMDino]

(02-10-2018, 10:44 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: In '05, the Steelers take out Palmer on the opening play of the playoff game, we only get 3, and then everyone knows what happened at halftime and everything just fell apart.

Palmer got injured...Bengals maintain lead through halftime. Marvin Lewis does Marvin Lewis things....the Steelers win.

No one knows if the game wouldn't still have ended in a Bengals loss if Palmer plays the whole game, but given the rest of the Bengals playoff appearances after that it seems likely.

(02-10-2018, 10:44 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: When they beat the Cardinals in the Super Bowl, the Cardinals were about to go up 14-10 at the end of the first half, which they'd also get the ball back at the start of the second half, but Warner is stupid and throws a slant-route to the center of the field inside the 3 (can you be stupider?), it gets intercepted and returned for a touchdown.

Steelers go up 17-7 instead of down 10-14.

Even so, they still need to score a touchdown in the final minute to win by 4.

Warner had that pass for a TD...except Harrison decided on his own to NOT blitz. Whether it was because he diagnosed something or figured they would throw quickly and rushing wouldn't help so he clogged a lane he still made an athletic play to a) be in the right spot, b) catch the ball and c) return it 100 yards.

(02-10-2018, 10:44 PM)BFritz21 Wrote: So, my question is, are the Steelers really a great franchise or just lucky?

As I said during the season about the Patriots and the calls that seems to go their way and bounces they seem to get: The difference between winning and losing int he NFL is not that great. Get one or two calls and a good bounce or two and you win more than you lose. Win more than you lose and you seem to get more good calls/bounces to the fans.

If Jackie Smith catches that TD in SBXIII does that mean the Cowboys win?
If Jack Lambert doesn't step back into coverage and get a late game INT in SBXIV to the Rams come back to win?
Of if the two deep passes to Stallworth fall incomplete (like they did all week in practice) to the Steelers still mount their comeback in SBXIV?
If Neil O'Donnell doesn't throw two of the worst INTs of his career to the Steelers win SB XXX?

A good bounce, a lucky play, etc. Thin line.

The Patriots won on late game field goals, Seattle not running the ball, Atlanta not making just one more play. Were they lucky?

I asked just yesterday if the Pats had lost a couple of the games they were trailing in and they only won 1 or 2 super bowls versus five...are they still a dynasty for getting there eight times? Or are they the 90's Atlanta Braves that dominated their division and got to multiple world series' but only won once?