Not a real fan if you dont think your team can win the super bowl if they make the playoffs

Yes, the 2005 team did it, but they were very lucky

Yeah and so was every team that ever won a Superbowl. There are two common traits that you can find in every SB champion. They did not have many major injuries and they got lucky a couple of times in the playoffs.

that was well written, but I have more faith right now than you my friend

Yes we played a horrible game against the Bengals this past weekend, but all our mistakes are correctable. Coach T will do what he does best and have the team primed for another playoff run. I do belive we can win out and that taking back the division isnt out of the realm of possibility. 2 weeks ago everyone was raving about how great Big Ben was playing and how Mendenhall has found his groove, and now panic mode sets in. We had a bad game folks, every team will go through this at least once a season. We’ll get back on track and all you fans that are doubting us will once again be back on the band wagon. Have faith in Coach T and the guys, their professionals and have alot of veteran leadership. Theyre not gonna panic, so why should we??? When its all said and done, we’ll all be preparing for another playoff run.

Why were they so flat? Yes, all teams have bad games, BUT, since cincy beat us once already, why the hell did they lay down in this game? Last year, we beat the ravens early in the year…in the second game, did they lay down? They put in a great effort and it took BB a heroic last minute drive to win…They didnt bother to show up on sunday.

looks at the quality of the Bengals two victories over our men, it is not hard to envision the Steelers reversing the end result in game 3.

The Eagles lose a game they shouldn’t… every year. This year they lost to the Raiders. I don’t know why, but it just seems to happen every year. The resident Eagles fan at my office agrees with that.

I think teams almost always get to the superbowl through luck. There are 32 teams in the NFL. Only 2 will make it to the superbowl. Only 4 will compete for the division championship. The odds are stacked against pretty much everyone. It’s very difficult to repeat.

If the Bengals win the AFC North, they earned it and my hat’s off to them. They will have earned it, just as they’ve earned both wins against us. Whether we looked crappy when we played them or not (which we DID), they still got it done. And we did not. They are good this year.

My biggest concern now is the Ravens. Beating the Ravens may not be easy, and we have to beat them twice. Even if they play lousy against everyone else, they usually bring us their A game. If Terrell Suggs really will be out for 2-3 weeks with his MCL tear, that will help us, but I never underestimate the Ravens when they play us.

I think we can get to the playoffs as a wild card. I’d love to get back to the superbowl. However, if we make the playoffs but don’t make it back to the superbowl, we still did well and I will have considered this a decent season. Every team that makes the playoffs has a shot at the superbowl.

We do have problems, but I think those problems are correctable. We’ve played well this year and we’ve played very poorly this year. I remember years when we truly sucked. This is not one of those years.

BUT, you have to admit, the effort sucked! The Bengals wanted it more..that says a lot about this team! BTW, even against the VIKES, people say they dominated…we out rushed them too and held peterson down..BTW, Why did we not run hte ball more in that game too? Mendy 11 carries for 69 yds! Peterson 18 carries for 69 yds..

Denver will NOT win the AFC North.

So we can get a good draft pick?

The Bengals were terrible against Houston earlier this season. Now that the Steelers have had their stinko game, they can get back to winning. I doubt that you’ll see another offensive showing like this the rest of the year from Big Ben and Company.

at best we go 6-1…maybe

We just played Cincy coming off a 5 game winning streak, who’s to say we cant go on a 7 game winning streak. All 7 of our remaining games are winnable, so to say 6-1 or even 7-0 wouldnt be so far fetched. We need to fix some things, but who doesnt have any flaws. We’re a better team then we have played and i’m confident that we’re gonna get it all together and make a strong push.

In 2005 we lost three straight games in weeks 11, 12 and 13 to fall to 7-5. Included in that stretch were “must win” games against IND and CIN which they lost. That team was able to respond to that losing streak by rattling off 8 straight to win the SB.

In 2008 they lost “must win” games down the stretch against IND and TEN. By winning both they would have been able to clinch home field advantage throughout the playoffs. That team still managed to win nine of ten down the stretch including another SB victory. By the way the Steelers lost last year in week ten at home to IND, just like they lost to CIN at home in week ten this season.

Do past results guarantee future success? Absolutely not. However, the Steelers have proven recently that they can lose “must win” regular season games and still end up being the most successful franchise a the end of the season.

This year’s edition of the Steelers has not yet put together a full 60 minutes, and yet they are still 6-3 and right in the middle of the playoff hunt with a very favorable schedule remaining. Last year’s team looked down right inept in several games: PHI, NYG, DAL, and for most of the two regular season matchups with BAL. Yet they still continued to gel and improve over the course of the season and played their best football when it counted most at the end of the season.

I can’t say I have been thrilled with the play of the team for much of the season, but I will hold off from condemning them to failure since for the most part they have played much better offensively and similar defensively to how they performed last season when they were the best in the NFL at season’s end. If the Steelers lose this weekend to KC or get thumped by BAL in two weeks then maybe we can think about panicking a bit. It’s far too early to do so right now. We have the exact same record we did at this same point last season and look where that ended up. Patience folks.

Take ya steeler jersey off, hand over your terrible towel. FAIL. We have seven games left and the easiest part of the schedule in there. The division still is not lost because the best record wins! The bengals have AT LEAST two more losses coming to them, @ SD and @Minn. Some are even picking the upset special @Oak this week. If that were to happen that would mean that the steelers could finish 12-4 and still win the division, if it doesnt we can still win the division with a 13-3 record. Do you really think the bengals are going to finish 14-2, or even 13-3? Nah 12-4 is the best that the bengals can do. All we got to do is be 13-3 and we win the division get the number #2 seed and sit pretty once again in the playoffs. If we get past @Balt thats a very real possibility. So sit back and watch and see how it plays out. This team is still very talented, if D. Woods is the answer on special teams, watch out because we’ll win every game left. The defense is still good and the offense had one bad game, get real. We were playing with fire on special teams and we finially got burned. Stop giving up non-offensive TD and we win period. So get ya balls back! Put ya steelers jersey on, wave ya towel and lets get ready for this playoff run!