In my first post, I mentioned that Denver is at Philadelphia this week. As a Baptist, I never bet. But that sounds to me almost as good as money in the bank if you need a Denver loss.

As for what might happen if the Steelers get in, I can already hear sound-bites in my head of Roethlisberger saying the phrase “road warriors.” Ironically, like in Super Bowl XL, this is the year the AFC team gets to wear home jerseys for the big game. I know February 7 is a pipe-dream right now, but do I sense the possibilty that they’d choose to wear white again?!?!

Sorry, I spoke too soon. We can be okay tied with Baltimore if Denver loses this week. My bad. I had Denver’s record wrong in my head.

However, we do need Jags and Jets to lose 1 each which could easily happen as you said.

But Denver must lose this week because they play K.C. last week. Don’t count on that win.

But again, Baltimore game for us will be crazy difficult! I refuse to get hopeful for the playoffs this year. They have let us down so many times.

But I will say this. If we WERE to beat Baltimore and all the other stars aligned correctly, I like our chances against Miami on a win-and-your-in. At some point you think the vets would kick it in gear for a run of passion.

Not so fast. Baltimore needs to lose two or Denver needs to lose 2 if I am reading the tiebreakers correctly.

We can’t tie with Baltimore because we would lose division record tiebreaker (head to head would be split).

If I’m wrong someone please point it out.

And let’s not forget, one win in the last second doesn’t wipe away the fact that these are still the 2009 steelers. We still must play two very tough games!

Not so fast. Baltimore needs to lose two or Denver needs to lose 2 if I am reading the tiebreakers correctly.

We can’t tie with Baltimore because we would lose division record tiebreaker (head to head would be split).

If I’m wrong someone please point it out.

And let’s not forget, one win in the last second doesn’t wipe away the fact that these are still the 2009 steelers. We still must play two very tough games!

The chance of recovering an onside kick is probably more than 5% when the team expects it. It would be higher when they do not – and, in fact, they did recover it (although a yard too soon).

And, yes, I would have admitted it had they lost as I admitted that I agreed with BB’s decision (which failed and led to a loss).

As far as your other points, it is hard to disagree. However, Coach Tomlin proved to be right on the on-sides kick call, so you may not want to criticize him so quickly on that one.

5% chance onsides work. Are you saying that we had worse odds on Def? Hard to swallow but I admire your honesty on saying you liked the failed call. Although, would you have admitted it if Ben and Wallace didn’t pull on out of their butts?