Are The Steelers Good or Just Lucky?

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(02-11-2018, 11:26 AM)6andcounting Wrote: Harrison was a blitzer on that play. Earlier in the playoff the Chargers ran the same play from the same formations and got an easy touchdown. Cardinals line up in the same formation and the Steelers audibled to the exact same blitz. The Cardinals and Warner played it fine, Harrison was just that much better.

How does that in any way change the fact that it was a stupid throw by Warner?

They were lucky that Warner looked directly at his receiver the entire time and threw it to between the hashes when the ball started on the 3, both of which are HUGE no-nos.  

(02-11-2018, 12:42 PM)GMDino Wrote: 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.

No one knows, but it seems likely that the Bengals win.

You have to figure that we would have scored there instead of kicking a field goal and gone up 7-0, and then just continued to control the game (the Steelers didn't score in the first quarter and we added a TD), and then you have to know that the halftime blow-up doesn't happen with Chad (if it did even happen) and then we keep riding the momentum and Carson keeps being Carson.

What do you mean by Marvin does Marvin things?  Even if you have some sort of answer, that's still the Steelers getting lucky.

(02-11-2018, 12:42 PM)GMDino Wrote: 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.

Like I said, only a stupid quarterback throws a slant inside the hashes from the 3 yard-line, especially one that close to the line, and it hit Harrison in the stomach, so not like he made a difficult catch (it would have been next-to-impossible to drop that), and then just had to run a straight line for 100 yards....  not like he made some Barry Sanders moves to make guys miss.

(02-11-2018, 12:42 PM)GMDino Wrote: 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?

90's Bills would be a better example.

Aside from the tuck rule, the Pats just played solid games and outplayed the other teams to victory, even if they had to win on last-second field goals, whereas the Steelers most likely don't win those games if not for those two plays.