A Super Bowl Hangover For Tomlin’s Steelers? Don’t Bet on It

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Published: June 11, 2009

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... impact that Ben Roethlisberger's accident had both on the young quarterback and on Steelers Nation had begun to heal, but disorder was spilling out of other sources.

Jerome Bettis, proclaiming the Steelers would be awful that year on national television, turned my heart to ice though I laughed it off and tried to forget what I had heard.

Bettis and Bill Cowher's "is he or isn't he" battle over the legitimacy of Cowher's imminent retirement surfaced in the press after the "Bus" stated it would be Cowher's last year of coaching.

Then, after the fanfare of the season opener and the win at Heinz Field, the Steelers slid backwards and lost three straight games.  An easy win was followed by another three loss free fall.

The rest of the season lost its meaning until the last game against the Cincinnati Bengals.  Sensing it was Cowher's last game, the Steelers stepped up and eliminated Cincy from a playoff spot with a fire that had been missing all seaso...

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