The Steelers Knock off the Saints
Posted November 12th, 2006 @ 07:44pm by Erik J. Barzeski
The Steelers have played solid football three times this year. Is it any wonder they've won those three games? They've dominated nearly every game they've lost as well, but when you're -11 in the turnover differential, it often doesn't matter how good your team is. With a -11 differential, you can be a top-10 team in defense and offense and still be 2-6.
Now they're 3-6 and, with one more loss, are out of the playoffs. If any team in the NFL is capable of running the table, it's the Steelers. But running the table is not an easy thing to do by any stretch, and with a coach with one eye on his retirement to North Carolina and his other eye on his Super Bowl ring, I don't know that the motivation or preparedness is going to be there to do it.