Had no doubts about Pitt

[burghPhinFan]

well then you need to go back and really read what I was saying (word for word) and see if you feel different

Hey that was post #1000 ladies and gents

 

[Metal Panda]

San Diego (9-7) twice- underachieving team, but should have split

Kansas City (9-7) earlier in the year before LJ got rolling- he ran for 140 and
2 TD in Den loss

Jacksonville (12-4) I'll give you that one, they were good eariler.

Washington (10-6) inconsistent offense. the Giants crushed these guys.

New England (10-6) twice. caught them early on NE's way to 4-4. And let's
face it, NE gave the game away last week. but I wasn't including post-season

Dallas (9-7) had to go to OT and win w/a FG


again, the majority of their wins (13 total in the reg. season, 7 being greater than 6) were against these 7 very weak teams:
-Philly was a mess this year
-they played Oakland twice
-Jets were a mess
-Bills were a mess
-Ravens were a mess
-Week 17 vs SD, Brees was knocked out in the 2nd qtr. forcing Rivers to come in and go 12/22 115 0 td 1 int


Denver was not as good, IMHO, as their record indicated.

Sorry, you failed to prove to anyone how these were "horrible" teams.

 

[Metal Panda]

well then you need to go back and really read what I was saying (word for word) and see if you feel different

okay sure

The majority of their wins came against horrible teams and a couple teams that were struggling early or had a key injury.

I count at most 5 games won against "bad teams", and I fail to see how that is any more than the average football team. As far as teams struggling early or having a key injury, I say "bah" to that. The teams they beat were still solid teams, excuses or not. Quite a bit of an overrationalization as well.

Overall, they struggled with the teams that had a winning record (our beloved fins included) which lead to their #2 seed.

:sidelol: They were 7-3 against teams who finished with a winning record. Some "struggle". Ok, their record against teams who were at or above .500 at the time they played them? The same (Philly counts, the first San Diego doesn't).

Compare that to the 4-4 Pittsburgh had against teams that finished .500 or better, the 3-4 Cincy record against the same, the 4-6 record New England had against the same, the 3-3 record Jacksonville had against the same...You get the idea.

Besides, when it comes to strength of victories, let's take a look at the Steelers, shall we?

Victories against Tennessee, Houston, San Diego, Cincinnati, Baltimore, Chicago, Minnesota, Cleveland twice, Detroit, and Green Bay. And you're going to talk about Denver's schedule? That's 7 victories against bad opponents. Three quality wins...nope wait, according to you, San Diego was "underachieving", so two!

Note I'm not saying that this degrades Pittsburgh in any way--they're a great team. I just don't believe in holding a team hostage for the quality of their opposition, because winning any game in the NFL takes skill.

Besides, Denver's strength of victory percentage was higher than the Steelers (.471 to .415) in the regular season, as well.