Well the Steelers and Jets will finally get their rematch as it will come in the AFC Championship game. The two teams matched up in week 15 as the Jets pulled off the upset 22-17 but that was without the Steelers MVP Troy Polamalu.
How did we get to this match up you ask? The Jets had the toughest path as they had to face Peyton Manning and Tom Brady’s squads. It was a tough journey full of trash talking and a foot fetish that’s only one person, Rex Ryan. Ryan and his Jets took the pervious to games so personal because they had not beaten either of the quarterbacks in the play offs under his tenure.
During wild card weekend the Jets went into Indianapolis and defeated the Colts by a close margin, 17-16.
The next week would be thought to even tougher as they face the Patriots. The two teams split the regular season but the final match up in Foxbourgh of the regular season by a laugh fest 45-3. So when they met in the division series they wanted to show they are no walk over team and could contend for a Super Bowl. The defense which is ranked third in the league held Brady to only 21 points and even caused him to throw an interception, his first since October. The talking Jets rubbed it in the face of the Patriots one player even doing a flip on the field others with their arms wide out as if they was a jet plane.
But coming to this the championship game against the Steelers the Jets are nothing but respect and love for the team with the most Super Bowl titles. They have done nothing but talk about how great Ben Roethlisberger is as a quarter back and how much they respect him. They also talk about how great Polamalu is and the difficulty he will bring on Mark Sanchez. Is it all a game they are playing? Are they prepared for the Steelers in Heinz Field? If the Jets were to pull out a win they will have won on the road in all the games leading up to the Super Bowl.
But there is one thing in the way of them and that is the Steelers who are well rested as they had a first round bye. The Steelers had a difficult path to this week’s despite only having to play one game to move on. The Steelers took on the Ravens last Sunday at home and was down early because of poor play and stupid mistakes but was able to get their act together to pull off a 31-24 victory. This game had it all a team that is prepared and ready to play with a no excuse mentality, injury or not they will play the hardest they can. The defense has proved to be a traditional bad ass defense, excuse my language. With Polamalu back on defense the rest of their players have also stepped there game up to work together to win a championship.
Both of these teams are extremely prepared as all teams set a goal to make it to the Super Bowl on day one of training camp. I believe this game will come down to the best defensive team I look for this to be a somewhat low scoring pick em’ game. The odds makers have the Steelers a 3.5 point favorite and I would have to say I agree. If all of the team shows up with their best game there is no reason the Black and Yellow won’t return to the Super Bowl for the third time in six years.
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