The 2008 Steelers surrender just 3.215 yards per attempt on the ground, fewer than any of Pittsburgh's Steel Curtain defenses of the 1970s.
As a rookie in the 1937 NFL championship game, Sammy Baugh passed for a then-record 358 yards. The season-long record for passing yards at the time was just 1,239 yards.
Carolina, the new No. 1 in CHFF's all-powerful Power Rankings, have won three straight games, including back-to-back wins over likely playoff teams, and are powered by the running back tandem of DeAngelo Williams and Jonathan Stewart, who have combined for 1,980 yards and 23 TDs on the ground.
The once high-flying Cardinals last beat a team with a winning record back on Oct. 6 (Dallas) and are 0-4 against Quality Teams since then.
In a side of the apocalypse, bitchy Drama Queen Terrell Owens and his Cowboys teammates shocked the Giants, 20-8, on the same day that the Last Real Man, Clint Eastwood, lamented the sissification of American culture.
The legend of Big Ben grew three sizes on Sunday, as he capped an otherwise poor performance against the tough Ravens defense with another magical finish: He completed 7 of 11 passes for 89 yards and threw a game-wining TD with 43 ticks left on the clock to lift the Steelers to a pivotal 13-9 win over the Ravens. Roethlisberger is now 55-21 (.724) as an NFL starter.
In the Giants last two games, both losses, Eli Manning has completed just 31 of 62 passes (50%) for 314 yards, 5.06 YPA, 1 TD, 2 INT and a 56.8 passer rating.
Baltimore rookie QB Joe Flacco has completed 88 of 137 passes (64.2%) for 1,109 yards, 8 TD, 2 INT and a 102.7 passer rating in his last five road games. The Ravens play at Dallas Sunday night.
Pittsburgh ranks No. 1 in both scoring and total defense this year. Only the best of the Steel Curtain defenses, the 1976 unit, matched that double dip. The 2008 Steelers, meanwhile, surrender just 4.7 yards per pass attempt; the 1976 Steelers surrendered 5.0 yards per pass attempt.
In his Triple Crown season of 1943, Sammy Baugh picked off 11 passes – or 5.7 percent of the 193 passes that Washington's opponents attempted that season.
