TO would have the biggest ego in the world in that happend i think the best story is this..
Vinaterri missed a field goal to put the game away eagles get the ball back drive down the field down by say 6.. they are 2 yards out with time for 1 last play they play action to westbrook mcnabb pump fakes to TO then dishes it out to Jeff Thomason the construction worker who catches the game winner
Originally posted by Mr Parker
Maybe forumcrew is NOW ready to admit defeat that the Steelers are not in the same class as the patriots are and that the patriots are a great team but the steelers are just a good team.Face it,The Steelers with a rookie quarterback who made costly mistakes in both games,and as a team made more costly mistakes as well than the patriots did,just are not in the same class and they WONT be until they can beat them in the playoffs.what they do during the regular season does not define greatness,what they do during the postseason does and they did not do much.
The steelers are not in the same clas of the PAtriots? how can you say that? they both made it to the same deciding game for the superbowl. Every time the patriots play the steelers, the games usually always come down to the last minutes of play. Aside from the two games this season where the steelers did spanking and got spanked themselves. I am sorry to break it to you man, but the playoffs are nothing more than a regular season game with consequences. Greatness is not defined by a playoff win, but by actions and consistancy. One team can win a superbowl and never be heard from again. the steelers may not be the team to beat from season to season, but they are always the one to beat the teams to beat. I am not taking anything away from the pats, because they are an awsome team, but to say they are not in the same class of the patriots is idiotic.
five years ago the Pats were in the same boat as the steelers. They were an invisible team that people never really took seriously. However, they always made the plays and the playoffs aswell. They just happend to start clicking and got some better players and coaching strategies. The steelers have always been consistant with a few hic-cups here and there. They have always been a well rounded team but lacked play makers. Now that they have them there showing potential to be top team. Just like the PAts. as soon as the pats got some play makers they have become the team to beat.
"Vinaterri missed a field goal to put the game away eagles get the ball back drive down the field down by say 6.. they are 2 yards out with time for 1 last play they play action to westbrook mcnabb pump fakes to TO then dishes it out to Jeff Thomason the construction worker who catches the game winner."
yeah that would be great.... hell, if it ends with an eagles win its great...
GO EAGLES!!!!!!
Rage, I think a team who wins in the playoffs are labelled as great. Look at Peyton Manning, arguable one the best QB's to ever play, but nonbody will ever say that, if he never wins the Superbowl.
Good teams win in the regular seasons, but great teams win in the playoffs. You play against the top talent, and its alot more pressure to perform. Look at the Steelers, they had a great season, 15-1, but they didnt do so well in the playoffs. They almost lost and got tatooed by the Pats. They're a good team, but not great.
Originally posted by Smasandian
Rage, I think a team who wins in the playoffs are labelled as great. Look at Peyton Manning, arguable one the best QB's to ever play, but nonbody will ever say that, if he never wins the Superbowl.
Good teams win in the regular seasons, but great teams win in the playoffs. You play against the top talent, and its alot more pressure to perform. Look at the Steelers, they had a great season, 15-1, but they didnt do so well in the playoffs. They almost lost and got tatooed by the Pats. They're a good team, but not great.
Greatness is all about consistancy and courage under fire. A playoff game is no different than a regular season game, but with consequences and rewards. The team that bags the rewards is percieved as great. The team that gets nailed by the consequences are forgotten. Winning the playoffs or superbowl isnt about achieving greatness, greatness is pursued by every game that is played not just playoffs. It's the rewads people remember, not the sweat. a regular season and playoff game is no different in the way they are played. Sports are %50 talent and 50% chance. the patriots winning streak streak in the playoffs, is that chance or is it talent? I would say it is both. Statistics are just a type of supernatural flare that the sports writers and fans aknoledge to give the sport a type of underlying interest. there is nothing solid about records or stats, because they are always broken. Just because a team wins a superbowl doesnt mean they are better than every other team, but are perceved that way by fans, because they banked the mother of all rewards.
So winning a Superbowl doesnt mean much?
If the team that was "great" wasnt in the championship game, why arent they?
Cause they were unlucky?
They didnt feel like playing?
This has nothing to do with stats or favouritism. The team that wins the Superbowl is the best team in the league. Regular seasons doesnt mean crap in the playoffs.
If you say, "Regular season games are exactly like playoff games", then why isnt the Steelers not in the Superbowl?. They had the best record all year.
I know. Too bad he didnt have the picture perfect QB season by winning the Superbowl and the MVP of it. I thought because of this record he broke, that this will be a picture perfect season and they would ride into the superbowl off the record. But i forget that Indy's D sucks my balls, so yeah.
But i dont think he's the only season mvp and pro bowl mvp ever.
Funny about the team you played haha. When i was a kid, i played for this team which defense scored more points a game than our offense. We were insane, and had a perfect record until we lost in the championship game.