Donnie

If they beat a team by two touchdowns, it is a rarity by two scores or more.

But then they will lose the games by the same measures, but they have had a handful of games, more games than they've won, where they have gotten blown out.

and losses.

And I think a big problem is that they have played both of these teams and they will look at both of those games and they will say exactly that, Joe, and they will leave out the caveat that the Patriots outplayed them, the Steelers just happened to win the game.

The Patriots turned the football over five times.

Now, again, we get back to apologizing over wins.

I'm not going to do that.

The Steelers deserve to win that game because the Patriots made so many mistakes.

That's kind of just how sports go.

Seattle, grave mistake made by Caleb Johnson that pretty much derailed his entire rookie season.

Seattle wins the game by two touchdowns, but they also thoroughly outplayed the Steelers in that game.

They did!

They will look at those, though, and think, we're not that far away from the Super Bowl contenders.

The problem is, Art has the thought of, as long as we are in the fight every single year...

then that means we have to be knocking on that door.

Whereas the route that the Patriots went, down for a couple of seasons, mediocre for a season, and now right back in the big game.

So that even shows you, Joe, they don't have to be that far away.

Do you think Patriots fans two seasons ago thought they would be playing in Super Bowl 60?

Do you think Patriots fans after last season thought they would be in Super Bowl 60?

No.