Pittsburgh Steelers: Ben Roethlisberger and Co. Avoid a 2011 Super Slump?

February 26, 2011   ·   T. Sharkey   ·   Jump to comments

Success can be fleeting. Just ask Dexy’s Midnight Runners, Harper Lee or the guy who played “Epstein” on Welcome Back Kotter and they’ll no doubt tell you that today’s gold may turn into tomorrow’s garbage.

With Super Bowl XLV in the books the Pittsburgh Steelers find themselves a seeming tweak or lucky bounce away from the Promised Land, but just as Seinfeld begat The Marriage Ref, Dances With Wolves led to Waterworld and the folks who blew our minds with “White Rabbit” tortured our very souls with “We Built This City on Rock N Roll,” things can change at any minute.

So before you book your 2012 flight to Indianapolis let’s take a quick and cautionary look at five Super Bowl runner-ups who quickly lost their way:

2003 Oakland Raiders

Unless you’re running a Thai brothel or Vietnamese sneaker factory, employing veteran experience is generally a plus. But in 2002, Al Davis’ Tra...

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