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Originally Posted by DaneMcCloud
This is the exact point I was trying to make the other night: Teams like Pittsburgh are "lucky". They hadn't drafted a QB in the first round since 1980 and went the entire decade of the 90's with second rate journeyman and a guy that was better suited at wide receiver as their QB. Had the Steelers had any balls and traded for a Steve Young or moved up to draft a guy, they might have TEN Super Bowl rings right now.
Rothlisberger fell into their laps. They didn't make a move to get him. Tom Brady fell into the Patriots laps. They didn't make a move to get him. That doesn't "prove" great ownership or a great front office: It proves that they they were lucky that those players fell to them.
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When you go to 4 SB's in 8 years you're doing more right than getting lucky. The Pats make smart trades to give themselves more draft picks. The more draft choices you have the better the chance you'll hit a home run with one of them. Not only that but they've won about every way out there. They've won with a running game and good defense. Passing game and good defense. Outstanding passing game and almost no defense.
They keep going to SB's because they adapt - they don't get stuck in one mindset.
And the Steelers are the opposite. They are the model. Stability, continuity, tradition. 3 HC's in 30+ years because they don't hire the wrong guy. They constantly draft well. They do an excellent job of evaluating their own talent.
Other teams rise and fall but the Steelers and Pats just go to title game after title game every few years...