Let’s say the Steelers continue to have a bad offense that only scores enough points to win and they look like an offense from the 80’s doing it. Let’s also say the defense continues to give up a crap ton of yards, but the splash plays continue to keep points off the board and low enough that the team still wins.
Should this team make the playoffs, it would prove they were good enough to get there. If they should win a game, it would prove that it can be done against a playoff team. If they win the whole thing, would you people saying “it isn’t sustainable” and “it can’t beat a top tier team” at least agree to stop your nagging? You can continue to believe what you want, but a lot of you are the type of “fan” who will never be happy with the result. Like those that complained about how Ben was terrible in Super Bowl XL and we shouldn’t have won, etc. Just shut up and take the W’s!
Beating the Browns would be huge. If they consistently beat top tier teams and go deep in the playoffs then it would be sustainable and I wouldn’t “complain” I would be thrilled. I would rather be wrong and the Steelers win a SB
I don’t consider it nagging. Is it possible we are looking at today’s NFL (which is clearly slanted to teams with franchise QBs and powerful passing attacks) and the make up of the teams that are consistently winning in the playoffs and pointing out that the Steelers don’t seem to be interested in playing that way?
Judging by the Steelers recent playoff history we are right.
I was optimistic about the playoffs 2 weeks ago. But the play of other AFC teams is concerning. Texans and Jags (they don’t play SF every week) could continue to win and both have wins over the Steelers for the wildcard. Those losses could be huge. The Bengals and even the Bills have looked bad but would anyone be surprised if they ripped off a few wins? Colts, in the mix and capable of winning any Sunday with JT running the ball better every week. So let’s get into the playoffs first- these upcoming division games are crucial.