How you win does not matter

How many you win is all that matters, and that's only for seeding.

Once the playoffs start, it's a whole new season.

That said, I'd like to request some easier wins from here on out so I don't have a friggin heart attack before the payoffs even start!

 

Yep, I got over the “must win big vs bad teams” awhile back.


Not many teams are 9-2

 

That saying only counts when you're playing good teams.

 

No way lol

 

As long as you win the last one

 

something something this win means nothing if we don't something

 

Is it bad that I'd like a few style points?maybe from the Russian judge.

 

And then we Dilly Dilly

 

Still trying to recover from this win. What a game.
Minus 3 in turnovers, more secondary breakdowns resulting in long touchdown passes by the opponent.
But a WIN. This is the game the Steelers found ways to lose in the past.
I stopped buying into the “bad team” rhetoric a while ago. You can’t tell me that this GB team (specifically the QB) was the same one that took the field last week vs. Baltimore. They were a team desperate for a win and the Steelers took their absolute best punch they had to offer given the players they had available. A pass tipped for an int, a rare Bell fumble both in plus territory. Defense played stout after those turnovers. Gave up the lead late and the offense drove them down the field for the win.
We all know who the team to beat in the AFC is. We get them at our house in a few weeks. As long as they win between now and then, nothing up until that game will have mattered.
I choose to enjoy the ride. 9-2 feels really good.

 

You left out all the dropped passes.

 

Dude... we should have killed them. The reason we did not was not because the Packers brought their best punch. This game was close because of turn overs, dropped balls, horrible tackling, and blown coverages in the secondary. We spotted them 2 TD's in the first half. Burns, mitchell, and shazier all had major mental errors you'd expect from a team in week 1, not week 10. We kept them in the game. That was pretty obvious. Yes there was some greatness on display also...but they had to over come our own mistakes. Thank god for Ben, Brown, Bell, and Hayward. Those 4 came to play.

 

Exactly, super bowl 42 saw a 10-6 wild card giants beat an undefeated cheats team. Did anyone care that the Giants barely beat a 1-15 dolphins team and struggled in nail biters against 7-9 bears and lions teams? In the end they took home the hardware, the undefeated regular season and 17 wins for the cheats didn't mean anything but 2nd place.

If this team takes home the Lombardi, it doesn't matter how they got there. The only thing that matters now is wins and our players getting out of games healthy.

 

exactly

the 2008 superbowl team beat a 4 win browns team 10-6 and a 8-8 chargers team by 11-10.

That defense was fantastic though, allowed only 1 team to 30 points all season and postseason, 13 teams including postseason to 20 and under and out of those 13, 8 teams were held to 10 and under.

 

I miss Troy Polamalu and Ike Taylor. Our worst player in the secondary, McFadden, was better than anyone we have now besides Haden.

 

Agreed, how you win doesn't matter. But many are concerned about these crazy games to help gauge how they might do in the postseason.

Beating the Browns, Colts, Packers in very close games doesn't bode well when we face playoff caliber teams.

Steelers have a great record, but they've played in many close games and not really against any high caliber teams. NE will be the one and only true test heading into the postseason.

 

Whoever the NFC team who makes the Super Bowl will be battle tested. The Vikings seem to be the most "battle-tested" at this point. Even if the Steelers win the AFC and beat the Patriots, the Super Bowl will be tough to win whether it's the Vikings, Panthers, Falcons, Saints, Eagles, Rams or Seahawks. Lots of good teams in the NFC.

 

Maybe maybe not. Look at the 2015 panthers, just relax lol your life doesn’t depend on us winning the super bowl



Or does it????

 

Up to yesterday, the Eagles have had it incredibly easy.

 

Whoof! Fixed it...

 

Sorry friend...Being a Steeler fan means winning championships and having heart attacks on the way. Dont worry, the championships are worth the heart trama.

 

Excellent post!

 

Wins are wins. Worry about how they looked doing it is pointless IMO. The fact is, even bad teams have a roster full of professional players (well maybe not the Browns). So that whole "any given Sunday" saying applies.

While I do agree that the Steelers often play down to their competition, isn't it also possible that teams play up to us? Teams may be cranking it up to play the Steelers as well. Last night vs the Packers, that was a team that isn't THAT bad, and they were in a must win situation. Is it really that shocking they played that hard? Unlike past years, the Steelers figured out a way to win instead of lose.