Pittsburgh Steelers vs. Miami Dolphins: Mud Bowl

That game had all the makings for another major embarrassment for the Pittsburgh Steelers. Losing to the New York Jets one week and then the next week losing to the Miami Dolphins, two of the worst teams in the league, would have made the Pittsburgh Steelers the laughing stalks of the NFL. My concern with the Steelers is that maybe they’re a team that can get pumped up for the big game, but loses interest when playing weaker teams. The problem with this is that it could hurt their seeding in the play-offs. Of the three teams that the Steelers lost to, none currently have a .500 record or better – though admittedly Arizona and Denver might get there by the end of the season, but it would have been much tougher for these teams to reach .500 if the Steelers had actual beat them. I’m not saying that the Steelers should have an 11-0 record, but if they’d won just one of those games, perhaps they’d control their own destiny in getting the number 2 play-off seed in the AFC. Anyways, the game was sort of fun and frustrating at the same time. Seeing a punted ball land on the turf and just stick there was sort of funny. It was sort of funny seeing the Dolphins unwilling to try a second field goal attempt after seeing how poorly the first one went off – even with the fact that time was winding down in the fourth quarter. It was sort of frustrating seeing the Steelers unable to score considering how often they were given a favorable field position. Oh well, up comes Cincinnati.