2005 AFC Championship - Steelers @ Broncos 

a lot of people dont give Ben the respect hes earned HOFer and elite QB no doubt about it

Yes. That year we were a very good team.

Steelers were awesome for a long time - overshadowed by the Patriots though. If not for new england, this Pittsburgh dynasty from Cowher to Tomlin is right up there in NFL History! And Im a lifelong Giants fan by the way.

They were also 11-5 and only lost the division on a tie breaker. Pretty damn strong for a #6 seed in a stacked AFC. Remember in 2008, coincidentally another year where the Steelers won the super bowl, the 11-5 Patriots actually missed the damn playoffs. And those 11-5 playoffless Patriots with Matt Cassell at QB due to Brady's torn ACL would destroy the 7-9 Seahawks who won their division a few years later. Everything is relative, it's about perspective. The 2005 Steelers were much better than people give them credit for, you're right. Unfortunately some tick tacky calls went their way in the SB and that's all anyone remembers but 2nd year Roethlosberger literally outplayed Peyton Manning on the way there. But people don't remember that either, they just remember the Bettis fumble and Vandershank missing the FG. No one remembers the Steelers led the Colts 28-3 in that game and that a Polamalu INT should have ended it at 28-10 but the ball was given back to Indy on an even worse call than anything the Steelers benefited from in the SB. That was actually the second Polamalu interception to be overturned in that game when neither of them should have been. Colts were lucky to be in it after that. 2005 Steelers, best #6 seed of all-time.

SuperTugz The AFC from roughly 2000-2010 was the most dominant conference in NFL history. Dozens of hall of fame players and coaches. Each year it was a tossup between the Patriots, Broncos, Steelers, Colts, and Ravens. All insanely talented teams

Top 10

I don’t think he’s underrated he is one of the greatest quarterbacks of all time.

@@cgg6450 def not top 10, I can accept around 15. I'd probably have him 15-20. gotta give some of the old timers some respect

Kyle Handy Nah bullshit. He’s top 5-10 in every passing category.

He was one of the best deep ball Qb’s ever

Haha. Denver just wasn't as good as their record and season in 05 appeared. They ended Brady's playoff win streak a week before this game. That was their super bowl. Had Pittsburgh played New England in the AFC championship that year it probably would have been a much different story for the Steelers. Think we'd all agree on that. Regardless a great run for the Steelers and dam they kicked the shit out of those "fake the funk broncos.". Haha Wooooooooooo!!!!

@@SINCITYJ... I don't know that 05 Steelers team was on a mission cause during that run, they beat all 3 AFC Division Champions AFC North Champion #3 Bengsls. AFC South Champion #1 Colts AFC West Champion #2 Broncos (who beat the Patriots) then the NFC West and NFC Champion Seahawks in the Superbowl.

@@kingcocoaman185 Yes true. New England has just always had Pittsburgh's number since Brady has been around. The toughest task in Big Ben's career is beating the Pats. Think it would've been tough for them to beat the Pats like it usually always is. 05 was a great year for the Steelers regardless.

Patriots fans never admit that the Broncos always have their number.

@@marcuswilliams6840 They definitely have the Pats number. I definitely admit that. I've always known that. They've always had good defenses. They just need a long term QB that can be consistent again. Not sure if Flacco is the answer. We shall see.

No doubt all the loses in AFC championship games at home and that awful Super bowl against Dallas was so thrilling to be going back I just turned 10 before the AFC championship game win against Houston and Super bowl win against Rams

It was a great play but Denver ended up getting the 1st down conversion the next play anyway so I’m really not sure what point you’re trying to make lol

Too many plays in his highlight reel lol.

@@saucewrld9995 His point is that it was a great play by Polamalu.

No kidding he jumped through that block and just magically made the play

I dont think there was ever a player that was so good at sneaking thru a wall of lineman to break up a screen! There's a great one that comes to mind week 1 of the 2009 season in the NFL season opener. I can still see Chris Johnson (who was coming off a 2000 yard rushing season) just flying in the air now! Thats the game to watch if u want to see peak Troy.

How do you fail to mention Joey Porter, Aaron Smith and James Farrior?

@@aaronjackson9385 I was naming hall of fame and potential hall of fame players.

@@Biggdoom344 got it, my bad. You dont think Joey has an outside shot?? Was Andre Tippett that much better than him?

@@Biggdoom344 team is underrated because of their Wild Card status, but ppl totally ignore that this team was 15-1 the previous year. Nearly the same nucleus, minus Plax. Injuries caused them to lose more games, but the talent and coaching was obviously abundant.

@@aaronjackson9385 not at all…it’s just political. Like Jason Taylor and Joe Klecko in but LC Greenwood and Harvey Martin are not.

I mean yeah, age does that. Everyone except Brady

those pump fakes were so good back then

Braby wasn’t beat up the way Ben was. Braby & Belichek paid off the referees to continually make bogus roughing the passer penalty calls when Braby thought somebody breathed on him & Braby did his little Pee Pee dance pretending to pull a penalty flag out of his a$$ & getting the call 99% of the time, especially when the Braby Brat was playing at home. The whole football world knew how much Braby & Belichek & his team cheated. You don’t call a cheater a goat. Braby was & is still a cheating a$$.

Still don’t understand how he held onto the ball when he’d do those fakes. He is possibly the best at it that ever played. I can’t think of many others that could do it like that.

HE WAS HORRIBLE IN THE SUPERBOWL, THAT'S A FACT!!

@@BIG-D-STAR how many TDs have you rushed for in the SB?

@@countof3everybodyOD running is easy...thinking about whether you should decides how well you play. White QB's who run only do so because they suck...

Why do people always point that out? It doesn;'t matter. the Steelers won by double digits. Ask the 2007 Patriots about their SUPER BOWL game. 18 WINS, ONE GIANT LOSS!

Wish I would have caught this two years ago, because I’d tell you how wrong you are. Pittsburgh didn’t have a running game. In fact, they couldn’t move the chains running the ball the entire second half of the season and the playoffs. Ben put the offense on his back the last 10 games that year.

perhaps all those hits are why he hasn't aged well, elbow surgery last year and having a weak arm this year

@@MikeG82 Most people aren't even in the league anymore, at his age.

@@NotRiansLuke most people shouldn't be, including ben

@@fml5910 Not even close. Phil Simms is a douche and so is his son.

Phil Simms contradicts himself so much in this game it makes my head spin. His bias for Denver was unreal and now I bet he would say Ben is a top QB All time. What a 🤡 Phil Simms

I know it's a late comment, but we could use Cower to come out of retirement cause Tomlin rode on his coattails and he would probably finally get this team back toward championship caliber with his great influence.

Even though the Steelers lost, Be. really tore it up against Jacksonville.

Not a chance. It's definitely the Superbowl vs the Cardinals. Or the game right before this vs the colts.

Dude, that was the first year I started to fully understand football. My dad grew up in Pittsburgh, so the Steelers were naturally my team. I literally cried when we lost to Denver by a FG.

April 8, 2022 10:50 am . Watching the Steelers 2005 championship post season games an as I’m watching I’m thinking about being at the 1997 afc championship when Denver beat us at three rivers stadium an my sentiment was yea that’s what you get for beating us in 97 . Take that shanahan what were you thinking coming to the game with jake Plummer. We beat Manning an Palmer an you couldn’t have thought you was gonna beat us with jake Gardner snake 🐍 Plummer. Payback is a bitch lol. An I saw your comment an I couldn’t agree more with you. Revenge is a dish best served in a away game to ruin the home fans off season lol

I was at 3 Rivers in 97 too. I got picked in the super bowl lottery and was all pumped to go to New Orleans w my friends. This was the payback game for all the fans that cried in 97!

Exactly

How about the 1996 loss to Jacksonville? That was bitter.

At least Denver would avenge this loss when they met Pittsburgh again in the playoffs 10 years later.

Champ drop the pick

This was payback for 1997.

@@coreyrowe4119 Steelers did the Broncos a favor by holding on to many of these same guys, who subsequently got injured before or during that game. That really evened out the talent disparity, and all it took was one wild, unlikely Tebow pass to seal it.

I agree, he was huge

Then he beat his wife 🤷🏼‍♂️

The fuck? Keep changing the date of 'when football sucked forever". Steelers fans think the entire league is their own stupid declining team with its shit defense.

Walter White stfu dumb ass bitch

Seriously

Walter White 😂😂😂

@@WalterWhiteFootballSharing the NFL is dogshit man. 23 QBs had over a 90 passer rating last year. 11 over a 100 rating. It’s a joke, defense is illegal

Panthers drafted him cause they knew we’d draft him. They were still pretty after the superbowl

He is one of my favorite running backs

Lol

Shanahan almost worked for Cowher in 1992! Offered him the Steelers OC job but he took the 49ers OC job instead

Best intro ever. The man that made the word "sack" known

Me too

And john lynch. Idk how I could forget about him.

That's What sup.

That must have been a dream come true for you.

@@debbiegrasse3920 It was awesome! I was at Three Rivers Stadium when we beat the Colts to go to Super Bowl 30 as well!

Wish I could have an opportunity to go to a Steeler game..Live and retired in South Carolina. Grew up near Pittsburgh. Finally got to go to a game in 2010. I call it “My Most Religious Experience” outside of Church.

lol

Rip Kobe 😢

People slept on Kwame that day. 😂😂😂

Yep, I was sick that day and didn’t know about the game until I woke up.

Kittles Nbits yeah I remember being so mad because Plummer played pretty bad

Jay cutler was ! Basically those mediocre years was the nail in the coffin

He was still coaching well but he could not find a decent QB after Elway. Jake Plummer was a good team guy. Too bad he was a terrible QB.

@@MrNihilist74 Terrible is a bit of a hyperbole.

@@germansantos5733 Plummer was mediocre, at best. He reminds me of Tony Romo. Talented, but ultimately too many bad decisions.

@@1945joshuaruiz For whatever reason.....

Lmao thats some funny shit love my Steelers

Who cares. Steelers 6 super bowl wins Broncos 3

Wtf are you talking about jackass, Ike Taylor played great

@@saucewrld9995 agreed

And the announcer actually says - “And Champ Bailey “goes”. Really? Cows go moo, dumbo. People “say”. Take an English 101 course. You just showed the entire world how ignorant you truly are.

Browns for life

He was. Great offensive coach for the Steelers. It’s sad he went to one of the worst team in the NFL. The Az Cardinals have won 2 Super Bowls - 1925 & 1947. Loved when the Cardinals gave the Steelers their 6th Super Bowl win in 2009.

you think the patriots could've 3peat if we beat the broncos that season?

@@1990Thunderbolt Absolutely! Pats have thrived in big games for so many years now. They've lost some but they've won much more than they've lost. Best team in all of sports since the salary cap era. I don't think another team is ever gonna come close to their success and consistency. They stand alone on a platform that will never be duplicated.

@@SINCITYJ true. i mean who in the world is going to surpass brady's 6 rings? unless if it's from another patriots player that's won 3 rings up until here.

@@1990Thunderbolt Ya just their whole organization from top to bottom is unmatchable. How do you take average players and put them exactly where they need to be and ressurect careers and take no name guys and outcasts and make it work? Only Belichick can do that. He'll probably coach until he can't walk anymore. Show me a stacked team with big contracts and so much talent and I'll still pick the Pats over any team like that. I like the Pat's chances in any game they play in against any opponent and I'd even say that if I wasn't a fan. Truly.

@@SINCITYJ you know it's funny people keep saying that the pats are done after the brady era but i'm sure belichick will still be coaching till then. i'm just curious which qb is going to heir to the brady's throne after when he retires.

You have it😱🤢🤮😵

Good place to be steeler nation

😂

Where is my thank you

Have been a Steeler fan all my life (74 years old) and I couldn’t find this game . Have autoimmune disease so the only place I can go is to the doctors office..So thank you whoever put this up.

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it probably was, but 480p was the best quality i was able to find it in

Lol

BRONCOS COUNTRY!!! ACTED AS IF THE BRONCOS WERE ASSURED VICTORY WHEN THEY GOT LUCKY THAT INDIANAPOLIS LOST HOME-FIELD ADVANTAGE!!! THEY WANTED NO PART OF THE INDIANAPOLIS COLTS IN THE PLAYOFFS GIVEN THEIR PREVIOUS 2 [WILDCARD] PLAYOFF EMBARRASSMENTS AT THE THEN RCA DOME!!

Not only that they beat the Pats the week prior so they didn't prepare properly for this game thinking they had it won against Pittsburgh

@Literally Well they obviously weren't prepared for the Steelers the 34-17 score speaks for itself the Steelers were hungry and the Broncos weren't

@Literally The QB situation had little effect both QBs were solid game managers with good defenses. Steelers just earned it that season and had the better defense than the Broncos both Steelers super bowl wins were won because of a solid run game and good D since their D has declined they haven't been the same

@Literally Ya then he had obviously one of the worst winning QB super bowl performances I said in general terms the Steelers were a defensive team because the D was consistent 17 points vs Cincy 18 against Peyton in Indy 17 vs Denver and 10 vs a high powered offensive team in Seattle during the Super Bowl. Willie Parker was a solid rookie RB and Bettis was the experienced power back. Hines Ward was the only good WR Roethlisberger had in 05 and the offense was inconsistent throughout the playoffs 31 points 21, 34, then 21. Hence why they won with defense and since their last Super Bowl win in 08 there D has gone downhill and Roethlisberger had a few seasons with better stats and couldn't carry the Steelers with the bad D

@Literally He made big plays when he had to that's what matters doesn't mean he was their MVP in 3 playoff games he wasn't a stat king by any means

The Steelers have lost to the Broncos in the playoffs more than any other opponent [3-5] 1-4 vs NE

So it's 34-24

Price Pittsburgh idk if you know this but there’s thing in sports called “momentum.” Look it up

@@NoFlyZone-qf4gt Yeah and it doesn't last when it occurs in the 1st quarter. Just like early kick returns for TDs such as in Super Bowl XLI, Bears vs Colts.

Price Pittsburgh Steelers ok guy

@@NoFlyZone-qf4gt Well, Jake Plummer sucked either way.

@NFLfan 2008 Yup. Those three years after that AFC title game were brutal

Yup. Those were redeeming victories. Especially the one in 2015 during our SB run. 🙂

@NFLfan 2008 that one was great too. I was glad we won that game. Even though the season went in the toilet.

How? I guess if you call 3 near turnovers especially if champ makes that interception on Steelers 1st possession but ok

They still do lol. It's also this year has to do with coronavirus.

When Bettis trucked Urlacher in the snow? Freakin' awesome highlight