Steelers Rebuild? Will They Ever Recover?

[BengalYankee]

(7 hours ago)JS-Steelerfan Wrote: So … in your mind “they always” trumps “at least”?  Have you tried interpreting the two phrases in conjunction with each other (which he obviously intended)? 

Let me break it down for you: 

“They always” - you have already demonstrated you know what that means.  Congrats!  
“Put together at least 9-8 or 9-7” - this means that they achieve the stated record or better.  And, just in case you need extra help understanding the “or better” part, it means that 10-7 counts as an example of “at least 9-8”.  So does 12-4, 11-5, and 13-3, all of which they’ve achieved in the last 20 years.  

Sooo … when you put the two phrases together, “always putting together at least” means achieving what comes after that, plus any record better than that.  And seeing as how they’ve gone 9-8 (or 9-7) or better in 10 of the last 11 (and 16 of the last 20) seasons, with each of the exceptions just barely missing the mark at 8-8, I’d say that “they always put together at least 9-8 or 9-7” is a fair (if not perfect) way of expressing the idea he was trying to get across.

See you in school.       

I am not going to play with you going down a rabbit hole.

1. "They always" means just that They always. 


2. They were 9-8 only once in 2022.



3. They were 9-7 in 2009.


4. That's it, any other quips is plain reta****.


5. 10-7 does not count as 9-8. 


You can whine all you f'n want. I don't care about your stupid Shit House Stealers. 
I wish they go winless for all I fuc**** care. 
I wish they fired Tomlin last year.


All I care is about facts and I will put up my Legal, Engineering/Computer Science. MBA degrees and a host of IT Certifications with anything you have achieved.


P.S. I teach in the Legal and IT world, so I will see you in school.