A New Year...New Steelers?

Okay - now we're all set for the playoffs. Unfortunately, the great Steelers are coming into the playoffs with something of a limp. The past couple of weeks haven't exactly been a display of the best football we've seen from them:

• 19-16 loss to the Jets
• 3-0 win over 1-15 Miami
• 24-10 win over Cincinnati
• 34-13 loss to New England
• 29-22 loss to Jacksonville
• 41-24 win over St. Louis
• 27-21 loss to Baltimore

Pittsburgh should be 15-1 with the schedule they had. There's no reason for losses to Arizona, Denver or the Jets. These are just a little embarrasing.

At least Jacksonville and New England are playoff teams. And the Ravens...we can chalk that up to "clinched playoff indifference" I guess. Or can we?

Let's hope I'm making a mountatin out of a molehill. Maybe the Steelers will come up with a few surprises for me. I just don't see them going far in the postseason.

But I'll be rooting for them! And any team that plays against New England.