Did we just witness the fall of the Evil Empire?

[*Nately120*]

Meh, until Ben retires the Steelers will still be fairly alive. The thing this year is that they started off the season distracted and full o' divas and ended the season by talking trash they couldn't back up, overlooking the entire playoffs in order to trump up the rematch vs the Pats, and pointing fingers when it comes to placing the blame. They lost, and when you lose the swagger and confidence turns into cancerous bs, or so people perceive it. It takes a certain amount of chutzpah to treat a team that humiliated you at home earlier in the year like they are a veritable bye-week in the playoffs. Win and it's swagger. Lose, and it's everything that's wrong with you.

The bottom line is the 2 top AFC teams this year are the Patriots and the Jaguars and the Steelers played 3 games against them, all at home, and went 0-3. They lost. Bottom line.