The Steelers were 9 point-favored but the Steelers team in Denve

was not same team we saw during the regular season. 

The Steelers are dealing with multiple injuries.  It was ranked #1 defense in the league but its free safety, Ryan Clark, couldn't play in Denver due to high altitude (health reason; he almost got killed when he played in Denver last time).  SS, Polamalu, was still hurt.  You could see that the Steelers played basically no safety in the game.  Besides, the Steelers lost NT Casey Hampton and DT Brent Keisel in the first quarter!  It gave the Broncos offense an relatively easy day because there was inadequate inside pressure.           

Offensively, the Steelers lost their star running back Mendehall before the game.  Big Ben played with one foot & his porous offensive line still played like high school team after another horrible season.   

That said, Denver had to take the game into overtime & won it with a freak play.

Every team has a chance during postseason but the chance is very slim for Tebow in New England. 

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• You can rationalize every loss in NFL. But.. -lovefootball- ♀ (591 bytes) () 01/10/2012 postreply 12:49:55

• Chill out. People are making prediction here. The chance of -Giantfan- ♂ (704 bytes) () 01/10/2012 postreply 13:18:02