How am I wrong about the Steelers? I said they'd have been better off resting their guys. They did win, but lost Mendenhall, didn't get Big Ben's bum legs any rest and got upset by Denver the following week when their entire D-Line was felled by injury mid-game & Big Ben had no mobility. There were some calls to rest Big Ben for week 17 prior to the game (think it was Simmons, might have been Dameshek suggesting it) and to take that game as their bye instead of hoping for BAL to lose. PIT didn't do it and got beat early and one of the main reasons was injuries. But hey, PIT always has that week 17 win over the Browns, who needs to win in the playoffs?
As a Steeler fan would you really have rather won a meaningless week 17 game rather than R1 of the playoffs? Obviously you'd like to win both, and frankly I wouldn't have been shocked if the Steelers backups could have won that week 17 game anyway & if Big Ben had a little more mobility perhaps the Steelers don't lose in Denver.