Are the 2009 Pittsburgh Steelers Better Than the 2008 Champions?

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Published: November 14, 2009

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... not in a good way. ESPN had the Steelers ranked at No. 7.

All the talk was about how the New England Patriots coming off a perfect regular season, and the talk was about the Patriots being able to repeat that feat. Who could blame them? The Patriots sported the easiest schedule in the NFL.

The Steelers, on the other hand, had the hardest schedule. Not just of the year, but the hardest schedule in nearly 30 years. There is no way the Steelers would be good enough to make it to Tampa Bay for Super Bowl XLIII.

After the first weekend of the NFL season, all of the talk started to change. Tom Brady went down to a torn ACL, and the race to Tampa was on for the rest of the teams in the NFL.

But still, the schedule was so hard, the Steelers would need a minor miracle to make it to the Super Bowl.

Maybe God is a Steelers fan, maybe the stars were aligned just right, or maybe, just maybe, the 2008 Steelers were destined.

The Steelers defense went on to ...

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