Are The Steelers Good or Just Lucky?

[BFritz21]

(02-11-2018, 08:03 PM)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: In the case of the Cardinals game, you are making the assumption that if Harrison hadn’t scored, the rest of the scoring in that game would have proceeded identically to the actual outcome.  But there’s no way of knowing that. If the halftime score was different then the 17-7 that actually happened, that would’ve set into motion a whole new set of events that would have been independent from the second half we actually got.   There’s no way of knowing what kind of turnovers, lucky breaks, or hot  streaks might have happened from that point, because it would have been a completely different outcome.  So, to say that a different outcome of that play would have “most likely“ resulted in a different final outcome is kind of dicey, because you’re talking about a complete unknown.

You also have to think about the momentum and the way the play calling would have changed.

The Steelers got outplayed that game and that was a 14 point swing, which they still ended up only winning by 4.

Except for that one play, the Steelers were beaten in that game and had no business winning.

You're right in that it wouldn't have gone the same way, but the Cardinals were the better team that day except for that one play.

It goes back to being lucky, which was my point all-along.