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Originally Posted by jspchief
I agree. Getting to the play-offs on a weak schedule results in a 2003 type of season. It doesn't make a damn bit of difference how many regular season wins you have against lousy teams. Come play-off time, you have to be able to beat the best no matter where you play.
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That's not entirely correct. Generally speaking, save a couple of those New England teams... generally in the FA era a team with a weak schedule is the one who wins the whole thing. Teams like us last year that have a brutal schedule usually end up getting beat down, like we did. The level of competition is too equal. The Steelers got to play against Cleveland, Baltimore, and an up and coming Cincy team that wasn't used to winning, plus the bottom feeders like Tennessee and Houston, and the entire NFC North, which sucked.