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Presenting the All-Time Pittsburgh Steelers Heinz Field/Acrisure Stadium team

Discussion in 'Steelers Talk' started by saturdaysarebetter, Jun 17, 2026 at 11:23 AM.

  1. Formerscribe

    Formerscribe Well-Known Member

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    Let's look at what Parker did to help the Steelers get to that Super Bowl.

    Wild Card game vs. the Bengals: 16 carries for 38 yards (2.7 per rush)
    Divisional Round vs. Colts: 17 carries for 59 yards (3.5 per rush)
    AFC Championship vs. Broncos: 14 carries for 35 yards (2.5 per rush)

    Yeah, he was just carrying them. :rolleyes:

    Playoff performance is a factor, but far from the only factor. Aside from one beautifully blocked run, Parker wasn't particularly good in the playoffs. Bell turned in two of the best playoff performances in team history, so this idea that Parker was dramatically better in the playoffs is pure fiction.

    Their rushing statistics aren't far off, though Bell's are skewed by his skills falling off a cliff after taking a year away from the game. As a receiver, Parker caught 84 passes in his entire career. Bell caught 83 in 2014 alone.
     
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  2. pczach

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    I don't think so. I'm having a mental block with his name.
     
  3. Chucktownsteeler

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    Lakelander used that phrase all the time at various sites including SA.

    He’s a good dude but had a big time man crush on Redman.
     
  4. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    I do believe Parker has more playoffs tds than Bell, and definitely more SB tds also, and I'm not saying you ,but I've seen apparently some think yards are more important than points.
     
  5. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    Look at the 3:50 of this video,the TD of Parker vs Bengals....You would score this TD too,so much that the play call by Whiz or the awful bengals defense were on this play!

     
  6. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    I don't need to look, I was actually watching the game.
    Again you must move the post around to help you.
    Parker had more tds in the playoffs than L. Bell, and He had definitely more tds in the SB than Bell. Now I'm sure you can move around the goal post some more
     
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  7. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    Individual TD has so many variables.Parker was not a top 5 players on offense in the 2005 playoffs(regular season,yes but not the playoffs).Bell was a top 2 players of this team in the 2016 playoffs with Shazier.And yes I watch this game,if you think I did not watch football when I was 16 years old,you are crazy
     
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  8. forgotten1

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  9. Formerscribe

    Formerscribe Well-Known Member

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    And you need these false implied premises to push your argument. You try to narrow things down to parameters that make your guy better, but the full picture makes it clear that Bell was the far better back.
     
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  10. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    Ok. Whatever you say, and yet your parameters make Bell better. Hmm funny how that works.:shrug:
    My parameters are SBs , not winning a playoff game, but if you want playoffs Parker had more tds in the playoffs, and Parker definitely had more tds in the SBs. You pick Your parameters, and I will take mine. Simply done.
     
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  11. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    Do you think the steelers would win a super bowl in the 2014 to 2017 period with the version of Parker from 2005 to 2008 instead of Bell?
     
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  13. S.T.D

    S.T.D Well-Known Member

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    I don't know, I know they won with Parker there. I leave the guessing of what might happen to the Miss Cleos on the board.
    I know that Parker wasn't missing for 5 playoff games that he could have played like Bell was for different reasons.
     
  14. Formerscribe

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    The difference is I look at everything while you try to narrow it to only one or two categories. My approach is valid, and yours is not. You are relying on a logical fallacy: oversimplification. You do it quite often.

    Looking at only touchdowns is lazy and inaccurate. There is so much more to consider.

    Looking at only Super Bowls is just as ridiculous. By that measure, Timmy Smith is better than either Parker or Bell. Is that really the ground you wish to stand upon?

    Parker didn't carry the Steelers to any Super Bowl appearances. He was along for the ride on great teams. Outside of one long run, a run on which he wasn't touched because it was blocked so perfectly, his playoff numbers are not good.
     
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  15. S.T.D

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    LoL. So your parameters are different than mine??
    I'm sorry I will take points over yards any day. LoL.
    I've never seen a team win by yards, but You be you.
    I also like the whole availability for my players.
     
  16. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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  17. Formerscribe

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    Availability is the closest you get to a valid argument. My parameters are looking at everything. Yours are to focus on just one or two things that suit you and leave out everything else. My approach is more honest and accurate.

    By your logic, Timmy Smith was a better back than Parker or Bell. On that alone, you lose.
     
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  18. S.T.D

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    See what I mean. Did I say that??? Did I say that was the best game ever, or are you lying to try , and make Yourself feel better???
    I don't mind arguing, or disagreements, but I do mind someone that must lie to do it. Ok, I'm done with another lying yapping puppy.
     
  19. S.T.D

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    No You had to go , and get someone outside of the Steelers, or the Steelers team that played in Heinz/Acrisure. Talk about picking parameters. LoL
     
  20. Formerscribe

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    That is also an excellent point. This is what happens when you focus too heavily on one or two factors instead of looking at the whole picture. Only a fool would argue that five carries for one yard and three touchdowns is a great game, but that's exactly what STD has to do if he wants to be consistent with his argument.
     
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  21. Formerscribe

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    Yes. I look at everything. That is what makes my argument so much better than yours.
     
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  22. S.T.D

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    Ok. All you have provided is your parameters are different than mine.
    I like points
    You like yards.
    I like SBs.
    You like a playoff game.
    I like my players to be there when we play.
    You don't care either way it appears.
    Again Your parameters are different than mine.
    Exactly what I wrote the 1st time, and yet You keep arguing. LoL
    Guess what??
    My parameters will still be different even if you keep writing about this for 5 weeks straight.
     
  23. S.T.D

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    You do know you could write SB wins suck, and if I disagree, a small selection of this board will agree with you just because I disagree. LoL. Small minds band together, and I know You well enough to know that that is not you, so watch what You get caught up in.
     
  24. Steelersfan43

    Steelersfan43 Well-Known Member

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    Who don't like points or super bowl in this board?
     
  25. Formerscribe

    Formerscribe Well-Known Member

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    See, there is another problem. You are misrepresenting my parameters to try to sell your flawed argument.

    I care about it all. You are the one trying to leave out the things that blow your argument out of the water. You tried claiming Parker was better in the playoffs. I blew that up by pointing out that it is Bell who owns the team record for rushing yards in a playoff game, and he broke his own record that he set the previous week.

    By your logic, Bettis had one of the great rushing games in Steelers history when he carried five times for one yard. You know that doesn't make sense, so you duck it.

    By your logic, Timmy Smith was a better running back than either Parker or Bell because of what he did in his one Super Bowl appearance. But you know that doesn't make sense, either, so you duck it.

    It's not that our parameters are different. It's that mine are more comprehensive, thus more valid, than yours. That you had to resort to misrepresenting mine in an attempt to win the argument clearly demonstrates the superiority of my argument.
     
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