stillers4me
05-15-2011, 08:20 AM
I can't fully explain it. But there is a different feeling I get around the Pittsburgh Steelers (http://espn.go.com/nfl/team/_/name/pit/pittsburgh-steelers) than with other teams.
Every week you get the sense the Steelers have supreme confidence they're going to win the next game. Every season you feel they think they'll win the division, or win the Super Bowl -- even if it doesn't always turn out to be the case.
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0510/nfl_a_rooneys_jh_300.jpg (http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/27448/rooney-family-steelers-have-special-culture#)
Pittsburgh is the only NFL team I know which treats a 9-7 record like it's 0-16. Anything short of a Super Bowl is not good enough, which puts immense pressure on Pittsburgh. But the Steelers fearlessly embrace it.
It starts at the top with the Rooney family, who were voted the No. 1 ownership group in this week's ESPN.com Power Rankings........................
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Every week you get the sense the Steelers have supreme confidence they're going to win the next game. Every season you feel they think they'll win the division, or win the Super Bowl -- even if it doesn't always turn out to be the case.
http://a.espncdn.com/photo/2011/0510/nfl_a_rooneys_jh_300.jpg (http://espn.go.com/blog/afcnorth/post/_/id/27448/rooney-family-steelers-have-special-culture#)
Pittsburgh is the only NFL team I know which treats a 9-7 record like it's 0-16. Anything short of a Super Bowl is not good enough, which puts immense pressure on Pittsburgh. But the Steelers fearlessly embrace it.
It starts at the top with the Rooney family, who were voted the No. 1 ownership group in this week's ESPN.com Power Rankings........................
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