On the other side of the ledger were the Arizona Cardinals. So, while the Steelers were lucky in some ways, they were also up there in greatness with any Super Bowl team in the 2000s. Polamalu had seven interceptions during the regular season. LaMarr Woodley joined him with 11 and a half sacks. Linebacker James Harrison was the Defensive Player of the Year with 16 sacks. The Steelers’ only real weakness on offense was their offensive line, but running back Willie Parker still managed to rush for almost 800 yards. Ward caught 81 passes for 1,043 yards and seven touchdowns, with his sidekick Santonio Holmes catching 55 for 821 and five scores. He was almost impossible to sack, and he’d often buy five or more seconds to wait for someone like receiver Hines Ward to break wide open for a big gain. His numbers didn’t look that impressive, as he threw 15 interceptions, but that’s ignoring everything he did behind center. The Steelers were led by quarterback Ben Roethlisberger, who threw for over 3,300 yards and 17 touchdowns. They were on to their seventh Super Bowl. The Steelers beat Baltimore for the third time, this time 23-14 thanks to a Troy Polamalu pick-six. The Steelers then crushed the Chargers 35-24 in a game that wasn’t really that close, before a rematch against the Ravens. That included a dramatic 13-9 win over Baltimore to put away the AFC North title. Aside from those four losses, the Steelers won 12 games, including a five-game winning streak late in the season. The Steelers lucked out in avoiding all three of them.īut those three losses were all but one of their losses! Their only other loss came to the NFC #1-seeded New York Giants. Then the Philadelphia Eagles, who beat the Steelers 15-6, lost to the Arizona Cardinals in the NFC Championship Game.
The Tennessee Titans beat Pittsburgh 31-14 in the regular season they lost in the divisional round to Baltimore, sending the AFC Championship Game to Pittsburgh instead of Nashville.
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