It's doubtful that in a salary-cap era, any team could truly amass enough talent so as to be called the "Greatest of all time". For something like that, you'd have to imagine the Colts also being able to go out and avoid losing any of their defensive draft picks or offensive linemen at the same time. For example...the Colts lost their tight end to FA last year, and no matter who they have now, Dallas Clark would be an upgrade from what they have.

I don't know if you'll ever see a team amass as much talent in 1 spot in a salary cap era as in the era before the cap. It just seems so improbable. The Colts might be better than the rest of the league by one of the biggest margins in recent years, but I can't believe that they were farther ahead of the rest of the league than some of the greats of the past.

(even though, given the new training techniques and higher athleticism they could potentially challenge and beat any of your other candidates for greatest team of all time, but that sort of negates the idea of greatest of all time, since if the whole league gets better, potentially the Packers could beat other candidates, and they clearly wouldn't be called the greatest of all time - that would render that moniker quite useless)

Are you trying to bait me Josh? :)

10-0 is a long way from 19-0 (a perfect season including playoffs), and as Tony Dungy knows, a great regular season is nothing without the trophy (just ask the last two teams to go 15-1 -- they didn't even make the SB).

I think my team can win tonight if they dominate the time of possession by running the football with the big guys (Bettis and Duce). The Colts' D hasn't looked dominant recently against the run, which is what the Steelers do best. Limit Manning's chances by pushing that TOP towards 40+ and they've got a shot. That said, the Steelers' D has had trouble getting off the field at times this year, and, as much as I have faith in Big Ben, he hasn't been forced to throw 40 times in a game so far in his career. It should be a good game, and, with the Colts' hype matchine finally reaching overdrive, they are just ripe for a fall.

I think going undefeated in the NFL is on a par with hitting .400 in baseball. The Steelers will win tonight I think because every team has a let down and the Steelers have a tendency to knock off undefeated teams.

I'm an Eagles fan and have no dog in tonights fight. I'd love to see Indy win and go the distance. That said, can Peyton win the big one come January?

That's why we watch my friend.

The Steelers will win tonight I think because every team has a let down and the Steelers have a tendency to knock off undefeated teams.

I think we're all waiting to hear your follow-up to that statement.

I think the Steelers, who have beaten the Colts in their past nine meetings, found that Indianapolis "made it personal."

The '72 Dolphins were not just the last team to go unbeaten, they were the only one since the NFL-AFL merger. Shows how hard going unbeaten is.
Prediction here is that division rival Jaguars will surprise them in two weeks. And don't forget that the '98 Broncos started 13-0 but were then upended by a mediocre Giants team and an above-average but not-great Dolphins club. All of the remaining games on Indy's schedule are winnable, but any of them could also be a loss.

Another streak to note: in '97, they started 0-10 before finishing 3-13. Shows just how much Peyton Manning has done for this franchise in eight years, which is not that long even in today's constantly-shifting NFL.

I really liked watching the Colts' defense last night. I thought they'd gone away after that Cincinnati game, but they really pushed the Steelers around.

Hey, did anyone see where the Steelers' offensive line went?!

I've looked under my Terrible Towel and it's not there.

Personally, wanted Steelers to win (always do) but moreover, stopped enjoying the game after the first half (esp. after both defenses got into the game).

Colts looked incredibly strong - like they did back before Bob Irsay stole them from Baltimore!