Me neither, and think about this: we out-turnovered them 3-0, and still barely pulled it out. So really they could have easily beaten us.
That being said, I think the Steelers will suffer a letdown. They've had some downs in the middle of these past 6 years... I think they will again. AFC is tough.
What????
We were without two of our best offensive threats most of the season (RB, TE), losses in all areas but we battled through. You'd have to think we might get a little bit lucky on the injury front next year.
We lost our #2 CB for the entire second half of the game, our nickel back for the third quarter while our #2 was out. You think it was close?
We lost our #2 WR for the half too. Really? We "still barely pulled it out"???
The only reason to think we barely pulled it out is to believe our 4th string should be as strong as everyone else's 1st string. When we won SB XXXI we were healthy across the board, this is clearly our best SB win. We won it with backups and you wanna say we "just pulled it out"????
"They could have easily beat us"????
Well, they didn't champ, they didn't easily beat us, in fact, they didn't beat us at all.
AFC isn't so tough, NFC has won two in a row, what makes you quake in your boots about the AFC? Rex Ryan?