First off, that phrase "Team of Destiny" is pure crap. Both teams got hot at the right time to win their respective Superbowls. If you look back at both seasons, no one had either team picked to even make the playoffs, let alone win the Superbowl.
Like Smasandian said, who cares?
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Yeah, football's about getting hot at the end of the season. Want to make a SB prediction? Look at the last 3 weeks of the season and pretend that's the entire season. The past 3-4 years, you'd have at least 1 and usually both SB teams based on such criteria.
The Steelers played hot up until the superbowl and then went completely flat against the Seahawks.
Two things stand out to me first.
Ben Roethisbergers abysmal play in the superbowl and the giants smothering defense against arguably the greatest offense of all time.
The giants beat the 18-0 pats while the Steelers beat the Seahawks mainly due to poor officiating and playing lowsy with a few good key plays. Pats of that year>>Seahawks of that year.
Because its annoying and your giving the football fans in this forum (all 4 of us) a bad name.
I know you like to discuss different teams against each other, even though its impossible to say, but have you ever thought of just combing all those threads into one and having a NFL VS thread, instead of making new ones for each team thats only from last year.
Oh, wait. He'd be not practicing on the sideline and renegotiating his contract.
I actually agree with this statement. Ben '05 played terrible in the Super Bowl while Eli '07 made all the right plays. That being said (and I know it's not the topic), I would take Ben '07 over Eli '07 in a heartbeat. (not like I have a choice, do I?)
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You're you're only counting the SB? It's 05 Steelers, not SB 05 Steelers. The fact that they tore up the playoffs (and end of the season) suggests to me that the good-but-not-great SB performance was more an aberration than the playoff wins, so my estimation of them is closer to their peak.
Same with the Giants, who I simply don't think bring as much to the table. People can point to beating the Pats all they want, but I think that Pats team was wildly overrated.
Giants can rush the passer, but the Steelers were a running team. Whereas the Steelers stopped the run effectively, and despite some good play from Eli I can't see the passing offense carrying the Giants, who were also built on the run.
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