Peter King listed Pittsburgh at #5 on his Fine Fifteen today. He then made a statement that is ridiculous: "Concentrate on the fact the Steelers are playing terrific, bone-crunching, Bear-like football". Bear-like? Bear-like? The Steelers have been one of if not the most physical team in the league since 1972. That's 35 years of kicking the shit out of people. Even in the years when they were 6-10 they still punished people. Bear-like? I sweat the man has a gripe with the Stillers and just prints stuff like that to tweak people like me. Oh well, Tubby McButterpants is probably just mad he didn't grow up in the cradle of football. On to some stats....
Total offense 7th. Least Penalized 3rd. Points 5th. Passing 10th. Rushing 2nd. Total Defense 4th. Pass Defense 3rd. Rush Defense 7th. Sacks 1st.
Good numbers all around. Remember, even though they didn't make the payoffs last year, they were one of only 4 teams to finish in the top 10 in both offense and defense. I'm smelling playoffs. I hope in a few weeks I'm smelling division title. Maybe by Halloween.
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And let's not forget about the most important stat of all..
#1 in Scoring Defense with 10 points allowed in 2 games.
Let's face it, if the other team doesn't score you can't ever lose.
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