Our team is like Pittsburgh

[Seahawks Guy]

Now...I know this is really hard to hear...but this team reminds me of the Steeler teams back in the days of early Ben. Now, most of this is based on memory so feel free to prove me wrong. Allow me to point out some general reasons:

1) Strength of the team is on defense. Great secondary. Knack for generating red-zone turnovers.

2) Efficient on offense. Good red-zone scoring efficiency. QB can escape trouble and turn disasters into big plays.

3) Excellent special teams all around.

4) Lots of luck. I used to think those Steeler teams were really luck until I watched us play this year. It isn't luck...these players are ready to force and recover fumbles, make interceptions, and come down with miraculous catches.

I'll always hate them...but I have some new respect for those Steeler teams.

Who else has noticed?

 

[nsport]

I think that's a great comparison. We are not the Saints/Colts/Patriots of the last decade that tried to outscore opponents - we play solid foundational football. With hard work and focus comes the opportunistic turnovers, effort plays, etc.

 

[pocketprotector]

I think that's a great comparison. We are not the Saints/Colts/Patriots of the last decade that tried to outscore opponents - we play solid foundational football. With hard work and focus comes the opportunistic turnovers, effort plays, etc.

When the Patriots were winning Superbowls, their defense was better than their offense.

 

[cdallan]

I've been saying the same thing for weeks. I think we are a little better than those Steelers teams, as I think Lynch is better than Bettis was at that stage of his career and Russell is better than R*******berger. There are some really strong comparisons - Thomas is often compared to Polamalu, Tate has been compared to Hines Ward. The good thing is we are built for a cold-weather post-season, a bit like those Steelers teams were as well.

 

[TheHawkster]

lol. I've been saying the same thing since late last year!
Mostly at work with all of us 400 yelling/gambling sports wackos on blast all day!
But, we're more like the '05 team rather than all the other teams.
........that hurts a little.

 

[HawkEye]

I was going to puke when I saw the title, but that's a good comparison. :thirishdrinkers:

 

[Seahawks Guy]

lol. I've been saying the same thing since late last year!
Mostly at work with all of us 400 yelling/gambling sports wackos on blast all day!
But, we're more like the '05 team rather than all the other team.
........that hurts a little.

I've actually been thinking the same thing since last year too...but this year solidifies the comparison IMO

 

[509hawk]

I see it :/

 

[Cartire]

So you're saying we're going to win an undeserved title?

Meh... I'll take it.

 

[The Radish]

I think they are becoming more like the 70s stillirs with the exception of the physical size of our QB.

Our guys are hitting like them on defense and getting more like them on offense. If our pass rush continues to improve it will be an easy comparison to make.

I'd like to see a team that could shut out 5 teams in one season. I don't think that's been done since 75. Or was it 76,,,one of those two.

With the rule changes since then its hard to imagine a team doing that or being undefeated. It was easy to be a stillirs fan then because they had been the leagues doormat for years and it was a delight to see the gain with Chuck Noll as their coach.

Is Pete our Chuck Noll? We can only hope.

:les:

 

[HawksSoc]

So you're saying we're going to win an undeserved title?

Meh... I'll take it.

Yeah, seems fine to me.

 

[Bobblehead]

I'm not sure..

5-8
11-2

Well we use the same numeric system, so yeah..

 

[hawks4thewin]

good comparison. I agree. I think we are better on special teams though.

 

[NFSeahawks]

I'm not sure..

5-8
11-2

Well we use the same numeric system, so yeah..

He said early Ben days as in super bowl XL, and XLIII.

and I agree there is a lot of similarities to our team and theres but I still think we have a slightly better offense when clicking.

 

[BASF]

Our team is far too good to be compared with those Stealer teams. We are far more comparable to the '85 Bears team. While we do not have the shutouts that the Bears had, our PPG is pretty comparable. Our special teams are very comparable as the Bears had fantastic coverage that season. McMahon had a really good season spreading the ball around to a lot of average receivers (probably the only one anyone not a Bears fan could name would be Willie Gault who was never really more than a 35 to 40 receptions guy), which is what most of the league sees our receivers as. They used a lot of passes to the outside and kept it out of the middle of the field for the most part just like we have.

 

[Bobblehead]

I'm not sure..

5-8
11-2

Well we use the same numeric system, so yeah..

He said early Ben days as in super bowl XL, and XLIII.

and I agree there is a lot of similarities to our team and theres but I still think we have a slightly better offense when clicking.

Damn it..LOL

 

[Hasselbeck]

Now...I know this is really hard to hear...but this team reminds me of the Steeler teams back in the days of early Ben. Now, most of this is based on memory so feel free to prove me wrong. Allow me to point out some general reasons:

1) Strength of the team is on defense. Great secondary. Knack for generating red-zone turnovers.

2) Efficient on offense. Good red-zone scoring efficiency. QB can escape trouble and turn disasters into big plays.

3) Excellent special teams all around.

4) Lots of luck. I used to think those Steeler teams were really luck until I watched us play this year. It isn't luck...these players are ready to force and recover fumbles, make interceptions, and come down with miraculous catches.

I'll always hate them...but I have some new respect for those Steeler teams.

Who else has noticed?

Wilson's first 2 years rival Roethlisberger's in terms of success as well. Though I think those Steeler teams masked him a lot more whereas Wilson has flat willed us to victory several times already.

It's a good comparison. I'd say this team is more like the Steeler team that beat Arizona. The one that beat us just got hot at the right time and had us collectively shit on ourselves while the refs handled the rest. :mrgreen:

 

[Hawkaholic]

http://www.fieldgulls.com/2013/1/16/388 ... nt-to-hear

We are very similar to their 2005 team. But better and set up more long term. This is a good read about it.

 

[Sports Hernia]

Now...I know this is really hard to hear...but this team reminds me of the Steeler teams back in the days of early Ben. Now, most of this is based on memory so feel free to prove me wrong. Allow me to point out some general reasons:

1) Strength of the team is on defense. Great secondary. Knack for generating red-zone turnovers.

2) Efficient on offense. Good red-zone scoring efficiency. QB can escape trouble and turn disasters into big plays.

3) Excellent special teams all around.

4) Lots of luck. I used to think those Steeler teams were really luck until I watched us play this year. It isn't luck...these players are ready to force and recover fumbles, make interceptions, and come down with miraculous catches.

I'll always hate them...but I have some new respect for those Steeler teams.

Who else has noticed?

Ban this man! :sarcasm_off:
If the Hawks were like pissburg our "penalty flag defense" would have bailed us out last week for the win.

 

[Emerald12]

A few Steelers fans that I'm friends with have actually brought this up with me. Never been big on comparing a current team to an older team, mostly because Football 3-5 years ago is VERY different than what it is now, but if I had to pick a team in recent memory to compare our current team with, it probably would be the early Ben years in Pittsburgh.